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Harvest Gypsies : On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (2011, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeyday

ISBN-101890771619

ISBN-139781890771614

eBay Product ID (ePID)2241712

Product Key Features

Number of Pages88 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHarvest Gypsies : on the Road to the Grapes of Wrath

SubjectUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 20th Century, Journalism, American / General

Publication Year2011

FeaturesReprint

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn Steinbeck

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight4.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"Written in the best tradition of advocacy journalism ... Steinbeck moves among the migrants, pen in one hand, fruit pail in the other, alternately picking and penning his way to literary glory."-- The Village Voice "Contains some of Steinbeck's best journalism."-- The Nation "Steinbeck's potent blend of empathy and moral outrage was perfectly matched by the photographs of Dorothea Lange, who had caught the whole saga with her camera--the tents, the jalopies, the bindlestiffs, the pathos and courage of uprooted mothers and children."-- San Francisco Review of Books "Steinbeck's journalism shares the enduring quality of his famous novel."-- Publishers Weekly

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal331.5540979409043

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisGathered in this important volume are seven newspaper articles on migrant farm workers that John Steinbeck wrote for The San Francisco News in 1936, three years before The Grapes of Wrath . With the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of California. The Harvest Gypsies gives us an eyewitness account of the horrendous Dust Bowl migration, a major event in California history, and provides the factual foundation for Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath . Included are twenty-two photographs by Dorothea Lange and others, many of which accompanied Steinbeck's original articles., Selected by NYU as one of the century's best books of American journalism. Gathered in this volume are seven long-form articles that John Steinbeck wrote in 1936 for The San Francisco News about the plight of migrant farmworkers during the Dust Bowl, accompanied by photographs by Dorothea Lange and others. Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of California, creating unforgettable portraits of once strong, independent farmers reduced to misery. The inquisitiveness and outrage of an investigative reporter combined with the expressive powers of a novelist in his prime fueled The Harvest Gypsies , which in turn furnished the factual and emotional roots for The Grapes of Wrath and has long been hailed as an American classic in its own right.