John Steinbeck is one of the most widely read American writers of the 20th century for his books about the working class, migrants, and the Great Depression.
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I'm a junior in high school and this semester I decided to take an online course called Young Adult Literature. For this class, we were required to read Of Mice and Men, and I ended up loving this story. Now for one of our final assignments, we were told to write a letter to the author of our favorite book that we have read this semester. I choose John Steinbeck's novel, but I obviously can't write a letter to him. My teacher suggested I write to a John Steinbeck fan club, so this I what I am doing now, although I don't know if this is the right way of writing to you or...
During the Great Depression, farmers would destroy crops in order to create some kind of floor price for their fruits and vegetables, even though many of their fellow citizens were starving to death.