Abstract
Abstract This article bridges a gap in Steinbeck's biographies. It is both a historical account of Steinbeck's stint in Algeria and an invitation inviting readers to visit the places that Steinbeck saw so that they may have a more panoramic view of his adventurous life. Steinbeck covered World War II for The Herald Tribune newspaper in Algeria in 1943. While there, he compared Algiers to some places in the United States such as Coney Island, New York, and Monterey Bay, California. He described it as a white, salad bowl, polyglot city. Just as Steinbeck used the Salinas Valley as a setting for his fiction, so he also used Algeria. He came across many iconic American figures during his stay in the Aletti Hotel. Although his second trip to Algeria with his third wife, Elaine Scott, in 1952 was unexpected, they enjoyed attending an all-night lavish party thrown by the French general of the air forces. Their third trip was in 1963 when Algeria became a newly independent state. In a letter to W. F. Vickers, he described their stay and his first meeting with the Algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella when he visited the United Sates.
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