American Literature / Unit 15 AML 1431 short lesson, about 20 seconds
John Steinbeck and the Dust Bowl
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The idea
The witness describes drought turning the middle of the country into a dust bowl and many farmers leaving for California, which is the migration Steinbeck wrote. He worked among labourers, reported on migrant camps, and made the displaced farm family his subject.
In practice
A dust bowl, and a road west.
Where people slip
The novel came out of reporting.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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