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Fri, Sep 26, 2008
The California Report Magazine
Obscene in the Extreme

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Suitable or not, the economic meltdown is conjuring memories of the Great Depression. John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" captured that era, and exposed the plight of migrant workers who came to work the fields in California. It wasn't a very flattering portrayal of land owners, and one of them helped convince Kern County Supervisors to ban the book shortly after it was published in 1939.
Guests:
• Rick Wartzman, author of the new book, "Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath"

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