Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath by Rick Wartzman

Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath

Rick Wartzman

308 pages paperback 2008

2 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging reflective slow-paced
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Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nation's number one bestseller, but in Kern County, California -- the Joads' newfound home -- the book was burned ...

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