[Untitled; removed from bound ledger; headed "New
Start/Big Writing" in reference to the size of the
handwriting; acquired in 1954 from
John Howell Books of San
Francisco , who had acquired the manuscript
from
John Steinbeck 's former wife,
Carol [Henning Steinbeck] . ]
[Discusses availability of manuscripts through him
and
Pascal Covici at
Viking Press , the sale of [
The Grapes of Wrath ] by his former
wife [
Carol Henning Steinbeck ].]