{"product_id":"book-erxt","title":"The Harvest Gypsies","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of newspaper articles about Dust Bowl migrants in California's Central Valley by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years before his triumphant novel \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e - a fictional portrayal of a Depression-era family fleeing Oklahoma during a disastrous period of drought and dust storms - John Steinbeck wrote seven articles for the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco News\u003c\/i\u003e about these history-making events and the hundreds of thousands who made their way west to work as farm laborers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of rural California. \u003ci\u003eThe Harvest Gypsies\u003c\/i\u003e gives us an eyewitness account of the horrendous Dust Bowl migration, and provides the factual foundation for Steinbeck's masterpiece. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Steinbeck's potent blend of empathy and moral outrage was perfectly matched by the photographs of Dorothea Lange, who had caught the whole saga with her camera - the tents, the jalopies, the bindlestiffs, the pathos and courage of uprooted mothers and children.\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Steinbeck's journalism shares the enduring quality of his famous novel.... Certain to engage students of both American literature and labor history.\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audible","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50778289242416,"sku":"ZEerxt","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49363280101680,"sku":"10erxt","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/erxt-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771903744","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-erxt","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}