About this title: Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath, when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nations number one bestseller, 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 this fit of censorship. When W. B. Bill Camp, a giant cotton and potato grower, presided over its burning in downtown Bakersfield, he declared: We are angry, not because we were attacked but because we were attacked by a book obscene in the extreme sense of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 09/2008
ISBN-13:9781586483319ISBN:1586483315
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 308 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781586483319ISBN:1586483315
Description: Good. No dust jacket. A moderate amount of wear on Cover and interior pages. (W2) Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 308 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN-13:9781586483319ISBN:1586483315
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781586483319ISBN:1586483315
Description: New. Clean, crisp, Never read, NO remainder mark. Shallow 1 1/2 inch box cutter cut in DJ, and 1/2 inch shallow cut in book cover itself. Cover slightly creased and has 1/4 inch tear in upper right corner. Books may have a remainder mark on bottom of text block. read more
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"The author gave a lot of details about the people involved, and the political climate at the time of the banning of Steinbeck's book. I first read it in the mid '40's but really wasn't that aware of how controversial it was, so was interesting to read about it all. Good factual writing."
"Perhaps more of a history of the labor movement in the Sacramento and Central Valley in the 1930s, than a story about the banning of GOW, but nonetheless I was not disappointed. Fascinating reading for anyone interested in California or 1930s history, or anyone interested in the history of book banning in the US."
"i teach this book (The Grapes of Wrath) to my AP classes and so i found the background to the politics of the united states, in particularly california, quite insightful. there are many key players that i'd be interesting in reading about in a seperate book. i think wartzman did a good job of giving the background of the migrants, members of the board, etc. while still explaining the significance of the novel and its ban in kern county."
"Where to begin! I think Susan Straight says it best in her praise for this book: "Rick Wartzman has made a dramatic and tension-filled narrative out of the story of how THE GRAPES OF WRATH was banned in Kern County, and he has given us a chapter of our history that many Americans might not know. (This) new book is invaluable and exciting". The telling of this story about America, California, the San Joaquin Valley, and Kern County in the 1930's is done through excellent reporting. This book includes stories about Steinbeck, cotton, oil, labor unions, and politics (from facists to Communists and everything inbetween). Just fascinating."
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