I've never read Ramona, but I remember seeing the 1936 film version (Loretta Young, Don Ameche) on TV ages ago. And who could forget the haunting song "Ramona, I hear the mission bells above . . .")
But I have read Steinbeck's novels, such as Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row and his great work set in the Salinas Valley, East of Eden.
