The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 3rd, 2002
Steinbeck revisited
His journalism reveals direct, demanding vision
By JOHN FREEMAN
Special to the Journal Sentinel
Sunday, February 3, 2002
America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction. By John Steinbeck. Viking. New York. 464 pages. $27.95.
Given the documentary quality of his novels "Grapes of Wrath" and "Tortilla Flats," it should come as no surprise that for most of his life John Steinbeck moonlighted as a journalist. In his heart of hearts, Steinbeck was a preservationist, a man intent on conserving what he felt were America's greatest gifts, "its land and its people," while expos...
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