01284cam a2200349 4500 363970303 TxAuBib 20180101120000.0 910606t19881974||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780553278217 0553278215 (OCoLC)23893730 TxAuBib eng eng eng Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. The pearl / by John Steinbeck. Pearl, The. Pearl, The. Bantam ed. NY : Bantam, 1974. New York : Bantam Books, 1975. ©1974. New York : Bantam Books, 1988. ©1974. 118 p. ; 18 cm. 118 p. ; 18 cm. "First published in Woman's home companion, December, 1945, under the title The pearl of the world."--Title-page verso.v.-$5.00;. A fisherman finds a pearl beyond price with which he hopes to buy peace and happiness for himself, his wife and their little son. Instead he finds that peace and happiness are not be purchased. Peace and happiness are, themselves, pearls beyond price. 20180101. Greed. Mexico.