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In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle
Author: John Steinbeck
In the strike-bound landscape of 1930s California, work is as scarce as it is hard, and a day's wages are designed to provide nothing more than a day's food. This forerunner to "The Grapes of Wrath" portrays a vicious clash between exploiter and exploited, scab and striker, cop and migrant.
ISBN-13: 9780749304027
ISBN-10: 0749304022
Publication Date: 2/6/1992
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Mandarin
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Minor classic by Steinbeck
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Written before "Grapes of Wrath, it's about the revolt of the fruit pickers in California. Good read.
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A classic Steinbeck tale about the struggle of labor vs. management. Some may call it socialist, but I believe it illustrates the necessity of unionism. A great read.
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It was one of my favorites when I was in my 20's. Now, in my 50's, I re-read it, and see things a bit differently. But still a good book.
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At supper one night---when I was 16 or 17---I told my parents I was thinking of committing suicide. When they asked why, I told them I had read everything John Steinbeck had written, so why go on. Of course, I was kidding about the suicide, but not about having read all his books. What a great author.

While not popular with everyone, In Dubious Battle is probably my favorite of all his books.
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A riveting novel of labor strife and apocolyptic violence that maps the frontier where the masses become a mob.
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difficult to finish...



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