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20 Literary Facts To Impress Your Friends With

8. John Steinbeck’s original manuscript for Of Mice and Men was eaten by a dog.

John Steinbeck's original manuscript for Of Mice and Men was eaten by a dog.

Steinbeck’s puppy, Toby, was left alone one evening and effectively ate some really important homework. Steinbeck wrote of the incident to his agent and said, “I was pretty mad, but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically.”

Source: martin-olsen.com

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