![]() ![]() The book was adapted into a 1955 film, directed by Elia Kazan and starring James Dean in his breakout role as Cal. Years later, the now-grown boys meet a girl named Abra, whose presence drives a wedge between the two. ![]() Just after the birth of the two sons, Cathy vanishes from their lives. The Trask family grows, adding a wife, Cathy, a Devil in Plain Sight, and sons Cal and Aron. When the kids set out to seek their fortunes, the land is settled by the wealthy Adam Trask. The Hamiltons, headed by patriarch Samuel Hamilton and wife Liza, initially settle into the valley with their nine kids. The novel concerns two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, who live in the Salinas Valley, California. The Hamilton family in the novel is based off that of Steinbeck's maternal grandfather. ![]() A 1952 novel by John Steinbeck, East of Eden was considered the author's most ambitious work. ![]()
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