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Obscene in the extreme : the burning and banning of John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath / Rick Wartzman.

Author: Wartzman, Rick, author.

Note:Describes how, after its publication in 1939 and then becoming the nation's best-selling book, a great conflict arose in Kern County, California, as a giant cotton grower and a determined librarian went head-to-head over the issue of censorship with public burnings of this masterpiece at center stage.

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Wartzman, Rick, author.
Subject:
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Censorship.
Challenged books.
Prohibited books.
Censorship.