Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath This is the journal or diary that Steinbeck kept while he was writing The Grapes of Wrath. Much, even most, of the book is written by its editor. About 100 journal entries are daily thoughts, bits and pieces, sentence fragments, about the writing and other things that were going on in the Steinbeck's life at the time. After The Grapes of Wrath was published, and after a hiatus, he resumed writing in the journal. The entries were sporadic over a period of time extending well into 1940. The writing is more cogent, more like letters, as opposed to the hectic entries during the frantic writing of John Steinbeck's most famous book. It gives us insights, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone other than a diehard Steinbeck fan and certainly not to one who hasn't read The Grapes of Wrath.
This is the journal or diary that Steinbeck kept while he was writing The Grapes of Wrath. Much, even most, of the book is written by its editor. About 100 journal entries are daily thoughts, bits and pieces, sentence fragments, about the writing and other things that were going on in the Steinbeck's life at the time. After The Grapes of Wrath was published, and after a hiatus, he resumed writing in the journal. The entries were sporadic over a period of time extending well into 1940. The writing is more cogent, more like letters, as opposed to the hectic entries during the frantic writing of John Steinbeck's most famous book. It gives us insights, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone other than a diehard Steinbeck fan and certainly not to one who hasn't read The Grapes of Wrath.