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World Service,01 Jul 2002,22 mins

John Steinbeck – Voice of the Dust Bowl Refugees

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The life and works of American author John Steinbeck, born 100 years ago and remembered for works like The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men that highlighted the plight of the Okies – poor rural migrant workers during the Great Depression. He had, says one contributor, a "genius for illuminating the practical ecology of working peoples' lives".

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