The Grapes of Wrath
Teacher's Guide - Additional Resources

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Web sites

The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, San Jose State University
A site with wide-ranging biographical, photographic, and critical information on Steinbeck.

The National Steinbeck Center
Maintained in Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas, the Center’s Web site offers a rich array of resources, ranging from biographical information and an archival index to Web links and ideas for school field trips.

California Council for the Humanities
A useful site for teachers and facilitators of all types, it includes information on companion books, related films, community activities, and book clubs.

Books

Benson, Jackson J. The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer. New York: Viking Press, 1984.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Critical Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Chelsea House, 1988.

Burkhead, Cynthia. Student Companion to John Steinbeck. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.

Ditsky, John, ed. Critical Essays on Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1989.

French,Warren, ed. A Companion to The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1963.

Johnson, Claudia Durst, ed. Understanding The Grapes of Wrath: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.

Lange, Dorothea, and Paul S. Taylor. An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939.

Parini, Jay. John Steinbeck: A Biography. NewYork: Henry Holt, 1995.

Shillinglaw, Susan, ed. John Steinbeck: Centennial Reflections by American Writers. San Jose: Center for Steinbeck Studies, 2002.

Steinbeck, Elaine and Robert Wallsten, eds. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters. NewYork: Viking, 1975.

Worster, Donald. Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s. NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1979.