Europe, at this time, would merit the attentions of the US Depression-era author John Steinbeck.

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" After the convention, the truck will travel nationwide selling Penguin releases, following the famed Route 66 journey in one of the publisher's most celebrated novels: John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath.

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Schulz, novelist John Steinbeck, piano maker Henry E.

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

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The most articulate and powerful of the finger-pointers was author John Steinbeck, whose book The Grapes of Wrath had not only leapt onto the best-seller list after its publication in April but was also well on its way to becoming seared into the public's imagination forever.

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