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The Grapes of Wrath
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August 1, 2017
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August 31, 2017
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Tracy
May 24, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This book is so well written that one can hardly not be enthralled with the story. But it is as much anti-entrepreneurship as Atlas Shrugged is pro- business. There is a necessity for both. Most people have kind hearts and that includes people from the poor and the wealthy. Whenever a book or news article only tells the good of one side and the terrors if the other, it can be classified as propaganda and that is what this book is. Just because someone is rich does not make him mean or ungenerous ...more
Dave
Mar 29, 2022 rated it really liked it
Epic. Came here from Rage Against the Machine’s cover of The Ghost of Tom Joad, captures Tom’s speech to his ma near the novel’s end. If anything it’s a little long, but the writing is fantastic.
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