About this title: Gathered in this volume are seven newspaper articles on migrant farm workers that John Steinbeck wrote in 1936. With the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of California. The Harvest Gypsies gives us an eyewitness account of the ...
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 80 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Beautiful near-mint condition. Clean and unmarked inside & out. Just a hint of wear to the covers. Collection of seven newspaper articles written by John Steinbeck before he wrote the Grapes of Wrath. Accompanying photographs from Dorothea Lange. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Tight, mostly clean copy w/ very small amt. of notations, underlining. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 80 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Heyday Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781890771614ISBN:1890771619
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780930588380ISBN:093058838X
Description: Very Good to Near Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pp; xvii [1] 19-62. The Harvest Gypsies first appeared in the San Fransisco News in 1936. This edition features sixteen pages of contemporary photographs mainly by Dorothea Lange. Lange earned a reputation for her photography of displaced farm workers during the depression. Steinbeck's research for these articles formed the basis for his groundbreaking novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' completed some three years later. A very good ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: wraps
Publisher: Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA
Date Published: 1988
Description: Minor bump, about Fine. Paperback original; 64 pages. Introduction by Charles Wollenberg. Illustrated with photographs by Dorothea Lange and others. Usually seen in a later printing, this is a first printing. read more
Description: New. With the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of California. Here he found once strong, independent farmers so reduced in dignity, sick... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Heyday Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780930588380ISBN:093058838X
Description: Near Fine. 093058838x. 0.23 x 8.01 x 5.93 Inches; 80 pages; Carefully packaged and mailed to be the best arrival condition. Thank you for shopping with us. read more
"Small compilation of great articles Steinbeck wrote about migrant farming problems and social inequality in California in the 1930s before he wrote the Grapes of Wrath. Still very relevant in terms of critiques of capitalist agribusiness."
"During the early 1930's, Steinbeck wrote a series of articles for the newspaper about the plight of the migrant workers in California, most of whom had come from the dustbowl of Oklahoma looking for work and a means to support a family. In these seven installments he opens up the life and struggle of migrant families informatively, and also heart wrenchingly. These articles and his experiences in the migrant camps and Hoovervilles made the basis from which he wrote The Grapes of Wrath, a nobel prize winning novel. I am an absolute Steinbeck fan. I love the way he writes; I love the human qualities expressed in his stories."
"Interesting series of articles about California's Depression-era agricultural workers that Steinbeck wrote for an SF newspaper. Definitely has some relevance today. I didn't realize that large corporate farms were very influential regarding policy even back then. The writing is pretty basic but the subject matter is pretty compelling."
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