John Steinback wrote the Noble-prize literature (1940) for five months. While doing so, this was the time when his brother-in-law just died and his fears and insecurities on the upcoming war that might affect their house in California. John was under a lot of stress and problems during the creation of the book. However, he still deed his efforts such as visiting the Arvin Federal Government Camp to get a picture of the place that he could use in his book.
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