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Johnson Claudia D.
Understanding The grapes of wrath : a student casebook to issues,
sources, and historical documents / Claudia Durst Johnson.
p. em. -- ( The Greenwood Press "Literature in context"
series, ISSN 1074-598X)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-30575-7 (alk. paper)
1. Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath -- Handbooks,
manuals, etc. 2. Migrant agricultural laborers in literature.
3. Labor camps in literature. 4. California -- In literature.
I. Title. II. Series.
PS3537.T3234G8565 1999
813'.52 -- dc21 99-17854

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Copyright © 1999 by Claudia Durst Johnson

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-17854
ISBN: 0-313-30575-7
ISSN: 1074-598X

First published in 1999

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