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Language
English
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The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...
Series
Studio classic volume 17
Language
English
Description
The Joad family from Oklahoma has seen their share of hardship but when the Dust Bowl strikes and crops start to fail they, along with thousands of other midwesterners, head to California.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Willard Garvey lived at the center of 20th century history. Born in Dust Bowl country, as a teenager he road the rails at the height of the Great Depression to work in California's Grapes of Wrath orchards. He sailed on the Queen Mary to the European theater of World War II, where he was one of the first three American officers into Berlin following its fall, and attended the Potsdam Conference. A visionary businessman who dreamed of "Every man a...
Series
Studio classic volume 17
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"The 1930s exodus of "Okies" dispossessed by repeated droughts and failed crop prices was a relatively brief interlude in the history of migrant agricultural labor. Yet it attracted wide attention through the publication of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and the images of Farm Security Administration photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Arthur Rothstein. Ironically, their work risked sublimating the subjects-real people and actual...
Publisher
Big Idea Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Where's God when I'm s-scared?: Whether it's a giant TV movie Frankencelery or a den of hungry lions in a retelling of "Daniel and the lion's den," Junior Asparagus learns that he can trust God with all his fears.
God wants me to forgive them!?!: Junior Asparagus learns that forgiveness is the best choice when he is teased by a bunch of cranky grapes, and first mate Larry wonders if Skipper Bob can forgive him for absentmindedly crashing into an...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Enter the complex world of the Walkers and explore what it means to be an American family in the 21st century. Though they live very different and conflicting lives, the Walkers find unity under the family roof. Relationships bend but never break as they strive to find their own identities and embrace each other's differences.