1902-1968

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1902-1968

Flappers

six women of a dangerous generation
"Presents a revisionist assessment of the movement that shattered the boundaries of conventional femininity through the lives of six figures that exemplified it, including Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka"--OCLC.

Mad at the world

a life of John Steinbeck
2020
Chronicles the life and career of author and Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck, exploring his long apprenticeship as a writer struggling throught the Great Depression and his rise to greatness with novels such as The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.

Poverty in John Steinbeck's The pearl

A collection of essays exploring poverty depicted in John Steinbeck's "The Pearl", with background information about the author, historical and contemporary views on poverty, and a time line of the author's life and work.
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Of mice and men

two pack
Contains four clips about John Steinbeck's novel, focusing on context, characters, themes, and writing style.

The grapes of wrath

2019
Includes a brief biography of John Steinbeck, thematic and structural analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath", critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.

Steinbeck in Vietnam

dispatches from the war
2012
Collection of the articles Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday, a Long Island newspaper, while he traveled throughout Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
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Of mice and men

2004
Dr. Susan Shillinglaw of the Center for Steinbeck Studies discusses labor exploitation in the Salinas Valley during the Depression era to reinforce an appreciation of the lifestyle faced by migrant laborers.

Of mice and men

critical insights
2017
Collects critical essays on John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," including selections by Kathleen Hicks, Tom Barden, Mimi Reisel Gladstein, and others; and includes a chronology of the life of the author.

Of mice and men

2017
Includes a brief biography of John Steinbeck, thematic and structural analysis of "Of Mice and Men", critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.

The Depression era

a historical exploration of literature
2016
"Through a diversity of primary source resources that include works by politicians and literary figures, book reviews, and interviews, this book enables student readers to better understand literature of the Great Depression in context through original documents; provides readers with an understanding of the great cultural issues of life in America in the 1930s; integrates and aligns material for the ELA Common Core Standards and American literature and social studies curriculum, supplying useful tools to support literary works--analysis, history, document excerpts, discussion questions, and areas for study; places three of the most significant writers of the decade within the sources of turmoil that affected their fiction; enables readers to construct their own visions of how three great writers represented the changing aspects of American culture in that era"--Provided by publisher.

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