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Episode 32: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939)


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S4E32: "California Here We Come: John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as a document of its time and place"

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Angela teaches social studies in Utah but originally hales from Southern California.  We met at the NCSS conference in Boston and talked about how one of her favorite books, The Grapes of Wrath may have contributed to the mythology surrounding her home state, especially during the Great Depression.

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Everything is a Primary SourceBy Eric Paul