John Steinbeck These included "In Dubious Battle", "Of Mice and Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath". He also wrote an article series called "The Harvest Gypsies" for the "San Francisco News" about the plight of the migrant worker. "Of Mice and Men" was a drama about the dreams of two migrant agricultural laborers in California. It was critically acclaimed and Steinbeck's 1962 Nobel Prize citation called it a "little masterpiece". Its stage production was a hit, starring Wallace Ford as George and Broderick Crawford as George's companion, the mentally childlike, but physically powerful itinerant farmhand Lennie. Steinbeck refused to travel from his
Myles and Lenny Myles and Lenny Myles and Lenny were a Canadian folk-pop music group based in Toronto, Ontario. most active during the 1970s. Myles and Lenny was formed in 1969 by its principal members, guitarist Myles Cohen and pianist/violinist Lenny Solomon. By 1972 they had been signed to GRT Records. They released a single, "Time to Know Your Friends". The group transferred to Columbia Records in 1974, and appeared on several television programs while continuing to perform live in small venues. The band released a self-titled record in 1975; the album included the Canadian Top 20 single "Can You Give it All