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John Steinbeck: A Powerhouse of Literature

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

Considered by many to be his masterpiece, this is Steinbeck's epic account of the migration of sharecroppers from the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma to California, where they imagine a free and happy life. It won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1940, was adapted into a successful film starring Henry Fonda, and continues to be one of the most read and revered works in all of American literature.

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