This author's story, "The Gift," where a horse dies and is attacked by buzzards, was part of a larger four-story work called The Red Pony. Kino seems to have found good fortune before his house is burned down and his son Coyotito is killed in this author's short story The Pearl. His own experiences 
This author's story, "The Gift," where a horse dies and is attacked by buzzards, was part of a larger four-story work called The Red Pony. Kino seems to have found good fortune before his house is burned down and his son Coyotito is killed in this author's short story The Pearl. His own experiences as a migrant worker inspired a work that ends with George shooting the accidentally-violent Lennie, along with another novel that sees Jim Casy and the Joad family travel to California. For 10 points, name this American author who wrote Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.
This author's story, "The Gift," where a horse dies and is attacked by buzzards, was part of a larger four-story work called The Red Pony.
John {Steinbeck}