Obscene in the extreme : the burning and banning of John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath / Rick Wartzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wartzman, Rick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Challenged books.

Prohibited books.

Censorship.

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath.

Steinbeck, John.

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968--Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : PublicAffairs, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nation's No. 1 bestseller, flying off store shelves at a rate of 10,000 copies a week. 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 that fit of censorship, a moment when several lives collided as part of a larger class struggle roiling the nation. It is a superb historical narrative that serves as an engaging window into an extraordinary time of upheaval in America, when as Steinbeck put it, “A revolution is going on.".

Contents:

""Contents""; ""C H A P T E R O N E Dark Days 1 ""; ""C H A P T E R T WO Monday 41 ""; ""C H A P T E R T H R E E Tuesday 69 ""; ""C H A P T E R F O U R Wednesday 109 ""; ""C H A P T E R F I V E Thursday 149 ""; ""C H A P T E R S I X Friday, Saturday, Sunday 181 ""; ""C H A P T E R S E V E N Some Day 211 ""; ""Acknowledgments 231""; ""Notes 233""; ""Bibliography 285""; ""Index 293""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.

ISBN:

9786612449772

0-7867-2607-5

1-282-44977-X

OCLC:

299175895