Of Mice and Men in popular culture Of Mice and Men in popular culture Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, which tells the story of George and Lennie, two displaced migrant workers in California during the Great Depression (1929–1939). The story is set on a ranch a few miles from Soledad in the Salinas Valley. Since its initial publication in 1937, it has been frequently referenced in popular culture. Homages to the characters Lennie and George have been especially popular in American cartoons and animated films. The "New York Times" reviewed the 1939 film based on the novella thusly: Theatrical cartoon shorts of
William Lennie Edinburgh. His will, with other bequests, created four Lennie bursaries at Edinburgh University, for students seeking a literary education, that were notionally loans. William Lennie William Lennie (c. 1779–1852) was a Scottish grammarian. He was the author of textbooks on English grammar, including "The Principles of English Grammar", which became a widely used textbook in British and American schools. Lennie was born circa 1779. Lennie began his career as an English teacher in Edinburgh in 1802. He authored textbooks on English grammar. His "Principles of English Grammar" was "universally used wherever the English language is spoken." In the 1830s, Peter