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John Steinbeck: A Powerhouse of Literature
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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