The Wayward Bus‎ by John Steinbeck 1947 First Edition The Viking Press

The Wayward Bus is one of Steinbeck's least known novels, yet it is a beautiful and compelling story. The book is an example of Steinbeck's powerful writing and his ability to capture something about America and Americans. The setting is a wayside establishment called Rebel Corners, and the story revolves mainly around the people who live there and the people, "the lost and lonely, the good and the greedy, the stupid and the scheming, the beautiful and the vicious", who pass through the town, clashing and colliding and revealing something about humanity.