Baja California

Includes a short History of Lower Baja and a brief description of the city of La Paz. Find additional information here: La Paz | The Baja Peninsula.

Virtual Mexico

This is the host site which contains the above, which includes General Information about Mexico.

Mexico - A Country Study

A comprehensive site from the Library of Congress.

Baja California Wikipedia Article

Mexican Art & Culture Directory

The Art of the Charrería

Cultural Aspects

History of Mariachi

"Mariachi goes beyond music, it is the sum of a cultural revolution expressed through a group of musicians."

ALEGRIA - The Mexican Folklorico Home Page

Mexican Dance, Music, Art & CultureWeb Sites.

San Diego Historical Society

Information about brush huts and adobe dwellings.

Encyclopedia Brittanica Online (WSHS Subscription)

Includes an article regarding Steinbeck's Nobel Prize.

ArtsEdge Cuesheet - "The Pearl" (PDF)

A guide to a dramatic adaptation of The Pearl provided by ArtsEdge.

WSHS General Research Page

A wide selection of research sources.

Pearl Information
(The oyster kind, not the literary.)

The Perfect Pearl - NOVA Online

A companion site to the PBS series.

Pearl-Guide

A cultured pearl information guide.

Australian Pearls

Costello's Online Jewelry store.

Pearl Paradise

A jewelry catalog including additional pearl information.

Broome Pearling History

A wealth of information about pearls and pearl diving presented by Australian high school students.

Freshwater Pearls

The Field Musuem

Champagne Pearls

Absolute Pearls

The Author

National Steinbeck Center

"Our mission is the exploration of Human Values through Universal ideas found in the works of John Steinbeck". Note: The Navigation Menu at the bottom of this site may not display correctly on older web browsers.

The Center for Steinbeck Studies

A San Jose State University site.

The California Novels

This is a seagull's egg. It's about the same size as a chicken's egg. Kino describes his "pearl of the world" as being this large. Click the egg if you would like to see where it came from.