A STANDOUT in the Steinbeck canon, Cup of Gold is edgy and adventurous, brash and distrustful of society, and sure to add a new dimension to the common perception of this all-American writer. Steinbeck?'s first novel and sole work of historical fiction contains themes that resonate throughout the author?'s prodigious body of work.
From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. And he had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama, the ??cup of gold.??
Steinbeck's first novel tells the story of the pirate Henry Morgan's obsession with La Santa Roja, a woman reputed to be as lovely as the sun, and of the conquest of Panama, her home, a place known as the Cup of Gold.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Types of Characters, Literary Genres + Types of Novels
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Pages: 187
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: August 26, 2008
- Date Published: August 26, 2008
- Author: John Steinbeck