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The Grapes of Wrath
Classic historical fiction
The Grapes of Wrath
Paroled Tom Joad returns to Oklahoma to find his family's tenant farm emptied by drought, foreclosure, and the mechanization of agriculture. The Joads load their remaining possessions onto a truck and follow Route 66 toward advertised work in California. Instead of abundance, they encounter hunger, exploitation, hostility, and migrant camps where endurance increasingly depends on collective action. Powerful and unsparing, this American classic suits readers who seek Dust Bowl history, family survival, social protest, biblical imagery, and a landmark portrayal of dignity and solidarity under economic injustice.
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Violence and murder; starvation, severe poverty and exploitation; stillbirth and infant death; family deaths; racism and racial slurs; heavy profanity; extramarital sex and sexual references; alcohol and smoking.
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