John Steinbeck lived and worked with a group of migrant workers in California, from whom he drew the material for his great Dust Bowl saga of a wandering Okie family, the Joads. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel awakened the American reading public to the plight of migrant workers and made Steinbeck famous worldwide. One of the most popular novels of the Great Depression, it has come to be regarded as a classic work of social realism and was made into an acclaimed movie.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes, Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Classics, Historical Fiction, General, Family + Friendship, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Historical / United States / General, Politics, Settings, Society + Social Issues, Disasters, Human Qualities + Behavior, Legal + Courtroom + Crime, Types of Characters, Work + the Workplace, Conflicts + Dualities
- Publisher: Thorndike Pr
- Pages: 907
- Edition: Large Print
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: July 18, 2008
- Date Published: July 18, 2008
- Author: John Steinbeck