by John Steinbeck
Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, "The Grapes of Wrath" is also the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, who are driven off their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California.
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was born in Salinas, California, and died in New York City. He remains one of the most prolific and influential authors of his generation and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
ISBN: 9780142000663
Publisher: Penguin Books
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2002
Pub Date: January 08, 2002Originally published: April 14, 1939
Target Age Group: 18 and UP
Pages: 464
-Migrant agricultural laborers
-Oklahoma
-Depressions -Labor camps
-California -Rural families