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

• Authors: Rick Wartzman - Rick - Wartzman
• ISBN 10: 1586487671
• ISBN 13: 9781586487676
• Edition: Reprint
• Release: September 1, 2009
• Format: Paperback (320 pages)
• List Price: $14.95
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  List Price: $14.95

  Tags: History, Americas, United States,

  Book Description:
  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 No. 1 bestseller, flying off store shelves at a rate of 10,000 copies a week. But in Kern County, California—the Joads’ newfound home—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, “A revolution is going on.”

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