Reviews for Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath

The average rating for Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-01-04 00:00:00 CHARLES DANDY In 1936 the San Francisco News commissioned John Steinbeck, who was just starting to achieve recognition as a novelist, to write a series of articles about conditions for migrant farm workers in the Salinas Valley. The seven articles were originally published between October 5 and October 12, 1936. In 1938 Steinbeck allowed the Simon J. Lubin Society to re-publish the articles with an additional eighth chapter in a pamphlet entitled Their Blood is Strong. The articles are of inherent interest, because Steinbeck was an excellent journalist. But they're particularly important because they led Steinbeck to write The Grapes of Wrath. If you're familiar with the novel, you'll immediately recognise the source of its inspiration in these articles. For the committed Steinbeck fan, they're a must-read: powerful, moving, accessible, like all of Steinbeck's prose.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-04-07 00:00:00 Becky Bach A series of articles commissioned by the The San Francisco News on the lives of said harvest nomads in the Californian Valley. An interesting sociological approach to the migrant workers' daily routines during the Great Depression, to be held as a companion book to Steinbeck's greater works (namely, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath) rather than a stand-alone read. This Italian edition is enriched by the beautiful work of non-other than Dorothea Lange. If the name rings no bells to you, she's the documentary photographer responsible for some of Steinbeck's most iconic book covers, among others.