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With an Introduction by Robert DeMott.

With an Introduction by Robert DeMott. On June 18, 1938, a little more than three weeks after starting The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck confided in his daily journal (posthumously published as Working Days): If I could do this book properly it would be one of the really fine books and a truly American book. But I am assailed with my own ignorance and inability.

by John Steinbeck · Elaine Steinbeck · Robert DeMott. Written in an incredibly compressed five-month period, the novel had an electrifying impact upon publicatio. Novels and Stories 1932–1937: The Pastures of Heaven, To a God Unknown, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, Of Mice and Men. by John Steinbeck · Elaine Steinbeck · Robert DeMott.

By John Steinbeck Introduction by Robert DeMott. About The Grapes of Wrath. The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized-and sometimes outraged-millions of readers. By John Steinbeck Introduction by Robert DeMott. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

Written in an incredibly compressed five-month period, the novel had an electrifying impact upon publication in 1939, unleashing a political storm with its vision of America’s dispossessed struggling for survival.

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author, who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and . was an American author, who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception. Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists. The Grapes of Wrath, the best-known novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1939

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Steinbeck John Ernst. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck To CAROL who willed this book To TOM who lived it CHAPTER 1 TO THE RED COUNTRY and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth. The plows crossed and recrossed the rivulet marks. who willed this book.

The Grapes of Wrath summed up its era in the way that Uncle Tom's Cabin summed up the years of slavery before the Civil Wa.

Since John Steinbeck always wrote books re: the Great Depression, he had an ability to understand their fear on a daily basis

Since John Steinbeck always wrote books re: the Great Depression, he had an ability to understand their fear on a daily basis. If Steinbeck were alive today, his novels would probably be very close to how they were over 75 years ago. His books, especially ‘Grapes of Wrath’ dealt with racism, extreme poverty, family problems not far from the ones today. This novel was the perfect example. The descriptive words he used in explaining their hurt, their living environment, lack of housing, etc. was spot on.