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They travel together to toms home but find it deserted. Listen to the grapes of wrath audiobook by john steinbeck, narrated by dylan baker. The grapes of wrath feels like a story of real people. Steinbeck received the nobel prize in literature in 1962, and, in 1964, he was presented with the united states medal of freedom by president lyndon b. Always shunning publicity, steinbeck headed for mexico in 1940, where he made the forgotten village, a documentary film about conditions in rural mexico. Tom joad is released from the oklahoma state penitentiary where he had served a sentence for killing a man in selfdefense. Steinbeck received the nobel prize in literature in 1962, and, in 1964, he was. Download the grapes of wrath audiobook by john steinbeck.
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