Seventy-five years ago this month, John Steinbeck published his masterwork, The Grapes of Wrath. An indelible saga of Oklahoma farmers migrating to California after being displaced by the Dust Bowl, ...

In 1939, “The Grapes of Wrath,” a book by the journalist and author John Steinbeck, stood the nation on its ear with its heart-rending tale of the family Joad and their struggle just to eat. Their ...

"The chapters in which Steinbeck halts the story to editorialize about American life are sometimes useful, but oftener pretentious and flatulent." Dust clouds loom behind a car driving through the ...

SALINAS — This is a story of John and of John’s town and of John’s book. It is a story of how these three became one thing. John Steinbeck published “The Grapes of Wrath” 75 years ago, and the museum ...

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of “The Grapes of Wrath.” Which means it’s time to trample out the vintage of the Grapes of Mush. John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel about migrant ...