The Wayward Bus; John Steinbeck

Publisher: The Viking Press 1947 Edition:First Edition Year: 1947 Description: F, 312 pp.; The Viking Press First Edition Third Printing 1947 (stated); Interesting Steinbeck novel about an ecletic group of characters including owners of a small diner, an ex-stripper, and a traveling salesman on a bus traveling through storms in California mountains. Made into a Hollywood movie (1957) directed by Victor Vicas; starring Jane Mansfield as the ex-stripper Camille Oakes, Dan Daley as the salesman Ernest Horton, and Joan Collins as Alice Chicoy.; Fair dj chips and tears across top and bottom of jacket Author: John Steinbeck