The Grapes of Wrath (First Modern Library Edition)

RARE, VINTAGE & GORGEOUS! Hardcover with Dust Jacket | First Modern Library Edition , 1941 Written by John Steinbeck Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes, and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they are trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California along with thousands of other "Okies" seeking jobs, land, dignity, and a future. Complete & Unabridged -- 619 Pages Modern Library Edition Number: 148 The book is bound in Green cloth type 8 binding with Kent end papers and a great pictorial dust jacket. Book is NEAR FINE binding solid and tight with minimal shelf wear, Dust Jacket: Excellent Condition, some slight wear around the edges