John Steinbeck Library funding, saved the library. Had the libraries closed, Salinas would have been the largest city in the United States without a library. John Steinbeck Library The John Steinbeck Library is a public library in Salinas, California. The library was named after writer John Steinbeck in 1969. The library held the Steinbeck archives until 1998 when they were transferred to the new National Steinbeck Center. The library made national headlines in 2004 and 2005 when it, along with the two other libraries in Salinas, were on the verge of closing because of insufficient funding. In 2005, a nationally covered read-in drew
John Perkins (author) and Omar Torrijos of Panama, had been assassinated and the US government had been involved, adding "I know. I was there." Perkins's books on mystical aspects of indigenous cultures, including shamanism, include: John Perkins also appeared in "Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene." See link John Perkins (author) John Perkins (born January 28, 1945) is an American author. His best known book is "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" (2004), in which Perkins claims to have played a role in an alleged process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal