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Obscene in the Extreme

The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath

by Rick Wartzman
 
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Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbeckâ??s The Grapes of Wrath, when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nationâ??s No. 1 bestseller, flying off store shelves at a rate of 10,000 copies a week. But in Kern County, Californiaâ??the Joadsâ?? newfound homeâ??the book was burned publicly and banned from library shelves. Obscene in the Extreme tells the remarkable story behind that fit of censorship, a moment when several lives collided as part of a larger class struggle roiling the nation. It is a superb historical narrative that serves as an engaging window into an extraordinary time of upheaval in America, when as Steinbeck put it, â??A revolution is going on.â?

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  • Subtitle: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
  • Media: Paperback Book, 320 pages
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs (September 01, 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 1586487671
  • ISBN-13: 9781586487676
  • Dimensions: 5.75 x 8.9 x 0.94 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.66 lbs
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