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1964 September 14, presented with United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1966 October 12, America and Americans, reflections on contemporary America, published by Viking.

1968 December 20, dies of arteriosclerosis in New York.

1969 Publication of Journal of a Novel: The "East of Eden" Letters, journal kept during composition of East of Eden published by Viking.

  

1969 Publication of Journal of a Novel: The "East of Eden" Letters, journal kept during composition of East of Eden published by Viking.

1975 Steinbeck: A Life in Letters (selected correspondence), edited by Elaine Steinbeck and Robert Wallsten, published by Viking.

1976 Publication of The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (edited by Chase Horton), an unfinished translation of Morte d'Arthur.

1979 U.S. commemorative stamp issued on what would have been his seventy-seventh birthday.