The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is Steinbeck's masterpiece about the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s which won the Pulitzer Prize. It was a timely, provocative book when published and has become a classic of American literature.
In Dubious Battle (1936) is the first in Steinbeck's trilogy of books that look at the migrant labor problems in the 1930s This is a book about labor organizers and a strike in California's apple fields. The book caused an uproar from both the political left and right Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939) followed in what has become known as Steinbeck's period of greatness.
A Time of Troubles (1990), by Pieter Van Raven, is set during the Depression and tells about.....
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