the grapes of wrath

     

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel publishe in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is frequently read in high school and college literature classes. A celebrated Hollywood film version, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, was made in 1940; however, the endings of the book and the movie differ greatly.

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  • "In the souls of the people" these "are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage"
  • Poor family makes big move from Oklahoma to California; it doesn't work out
  • This 1939 Steinbeck novel about a family of migrant workers won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
  • This Steinbeck novel begins, "To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came..."
  • The Joad family sings up a storm (make that a dust storm) in the opera adapted from this Steinbeck novel
  • This novel is all about our Depression
  • In this 1940 winner, Steinbeck alternates narrative with discussion of the problems of migrant workers
  • This classic seen here is planted firmly at No. 21
  • In this 1939 book, the Joads run into Jim Casy, a preacher who becomes an activist
  • Steinbeck novel dubbed "the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the Depression"
  • "Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means...you're scum" is a line from this novel
  • The Joads suffer loads of hardships as migrant farm workers in this classic
  • Time magazine's 1939 review of this novel was titled "Oakies"
  • John Steinbeck's 1940 novel about the Joad family's journey
  • "T.G.O.W."
  • "T.G.O.W."by John Steinbeck
  • 1939:"To the red country & part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently..."
  • 1939 book dedicated in part "To Tom Who Lived It"
  • This 1939 Steinbeck novel helped publicize the plight of Dust Bowl refugees
  • A Steinbeck dedication:"To Carol who willed" this book; "To Tom who lived it"
  • Steinbeck novel containing the lines, "Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now, it means you're scum."
  • 1940:"Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there"
  • This classic from 1939 features a load of Joads, including Ma, Pa & Tom
  • (Hi, I'm Kathryn Erbe of Law & Order Criminal Intent.) In 1990 I appeared on Broadway in a Tony-winning play based on this Pulitzer-prize winning novel by John Steinbeck
  • "A fella ain't no good alone", says Tom Joad in this Steinbeck novel
  • Burned & banned, this 1939 novel was particularly unwelcome in California's agricultural communities
  • The title of this 1939 John Steinbeck novel was taken from a Julia Ward Howe song
  • 1940--"We'll go on forever, Pa, 'cause we're the people"
  • Poor family makes big move from Oklahoma to California; it doesn't work out
  • This 1939 Steinbeck classic featured a lot of Joads including Ma, Pa & Tom
  • Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" is based on a speech in this book about the Joad family
  • "To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently"

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  • #July24 1935: In the midst of the Dust Bowl, temperatures in Chicago reach 109 degrees.
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