A shekara ta 1953, darektan Elia Kazan yana neman dan wasan kwaikwayo mai mahimmanci don taka rawar da ya dace da 'Cal Trask', don mai rubutun Paul Osborn ya dace da littafin John Steinbeck na 1952 Gabas da Eden. Littafin mai tsawo yana magana ne game da labarin iyalan Trask da Hamilton a cikin shekaru uku, yana mai da hankali musamman kan rayuwar ƙarni biyu na karshe a Salinas Valley, California, daga tsakiyar karni na 19 zuwa 1910s. Tambaya: A ina ne iyalan Trask da Hamilton suka kafa tushensu?
Kwarin Salinas, California