The Grapes of Wrath; John Steinbeck Illustrated by Ruth Gannett

Publisher: The Viking Press New York Edition:10th printing Year: 1939 Description: VG, 619 pp.; The Viking Press First Edition Tenth Printing November 1939 (stated); The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel about an Oklahoma family, the Joads, leaving the dustbowl for a better life in California along with thousands of other destitue farmers from the midwest dreaming of distant prosperity only to find their dreams shattered by corrupt police forces, prejudice, economic exploitation and corporate greed as they struggle to make a new life for themselves in California. This novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for Steinbeck; mentioned repeatedly when he won the Noble Prize for Literature in 1962. The movie Grapes of Wrath (March 15, 1940) was directed by John Ford starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, Jane Darwell as Ma Joad, and John Carradine as Casy.; thumb size smudge on cover binding; gift inscription on front free endpaper; owner name on fore edge head; NF dj taped rear inside f