The “long” valley of the title refers to the Salinas Valley of California. Of the 15 stories that comprise the volume, perhaps five or six can be positively identified with this valley. The other tales take place in several regions of California: “Flight” on the Pacific Coast north of Big Sur, “The Snake” on Cannery Row in Monterey, and “The Murder” in the Corral de Tierra. Biographer Richard S. Hughes places “Breakfast” in the San Joaquin or Sacramento valleys and “The Raid” and “The Vigilante” occur in unidentified “outlying small towns.”. “The Red Pony" trilogy takes place near the Santa Lucia Mountains, 100 miles (160 km) south of Salinas. “Saint Katy the Virgin,” geographically and temporally remote, is set in 14th century Europe.[17]
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