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THE GRAPES OF WRATH was an immediate best seller upon its publication in 1939. John Steinbeck's novel dramatically captured the experiences of real Americans through the story of the Joad family, who hoped for a better life in a new place. Many of the residents of Kern County, where the fictional Joads settled, had mixed feelings about how Steinbeck depicted them. Rick Wartzman tells how one Kern County farmer, outraged by what he felt was an attack on his home state and on large farm owners, launched a virulent campaign against the book, which included burning copies of the book in public. Wartzman also tells how the Kern County librarian refused to give in, and how she spoke out forcefully on the issues of censorship and book burning. In presenting his dramatic account, Wartzman exposes the fault lines that were to define much of American life for the rest of the 20th century, eventually under the name the "culture wars."
| Size | | Length: | 308 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 15.2 oz |
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