"No one is really sure whether Lee ever receives any of the money he is owed or if his wealth consisted entirely of unpaid debts, but he lives comfortably and does legitimate business."
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. The Bear Flag is respected (if not liked) by the residents of Cannery Row because many of them depend on it. Hazel loves to listen to people's conversations and remembers everything he is told but can make sense of hardly any of it.
A large demand for sardines hit Monterey in order to become fish meal and fertilizer. His name is feminine because his mother was tired when he was born (the eighth child in seven years) and named the baby after an aunt who was rumored to have life insurance. The long gone canneries were now turning into restaurants, cafes, and souvenir shops.
After a failed first attempt, where Doc is not even present, their second attempt is more successful. The site still stands today, restored as an entertainment and shopping center, and is a pillar in Cannery Row’s beginning.This seaside road is Monterey’s epicenter of tourism.
The 1940s were Monterey’s time to shine as the bay’s sardines fed the world.
It’s largely thanks to the Southern Pacific Railroad that brought the tourists in the 1880s, as well as the building of Hotel Del Monte, the most luxurious seaside resort in the world, for the tourists to stay. The settlement didn’t burn once or twice, but three times. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. A Steinbeck revisited these characters and this milieu nine years later in his novel Lee Chong is the shrewd Chinese owner and operator of the neighborhood grocery store known as "Lee Chong's Heavenly Flower Grocery". The character of Doc is based on Steinbeck's friend Owner and operator of the Bear Flag Restaurant, Dora possesses a keen business mind as well as a strong spirit.
Another resident of the Palace, Eddie is a part-time The enigmatic figure of "The Chinaman" appears in the story several times.
Construction for both visitors and those looking to settle down in the area continued through the turn of the century. As described in the opening paragraph:
The construction of the elegant Tevis Estate, with carriages, cottages, and overall coastal grandeur, led to the entire development of what Cannery Row is today.
This era officially allowed Monterey to be named the “Sardine Capital of the World.” But that quick luck would soon run out.Just five years into Cannery Row’s biggest boom, the canning and fishing industry died from sheer lack of sardines.
The 1850s marked the beginning of Cannery Row’s fishing empire when Chinese fishing families immigrated to Point Ohlones, which is fittingly now referred to as China Point. Although many benefitted from the cannery industry expanding through the early 1900s, that unfortunately couldn’t be said for that first Chinese settlement in China Point.
Expansion. For example, Dora Flood owns the brothel and is disliked by the townswomen because of her business, but she is very generous and for two years donates groceries to hungry people. Because of this 1901 development, today’s Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa, designed to resemble the original Tevis Estate, gives visitors the chance to experience that same elegant era.Nearly 50 years after its founding, Monterey’s infamous canning industry began. The lively Row was resurrected into a flourishing seaside road once again.The following year, the grand oceanfront Monterey Plaza Hotel opened on the Tevis Estate.
Lee Chong could very easily go after the people in Cannery Row and collect on the debts he is owed, but he chooses instead to let the money come back to him gradually. Famed author, John You’re either coming or you just left but you’re always on the way