Paperback. Pub Date :2003-07-03 448 English Penguin Classics Steinbecks writing was fuelled by a need to observe things firsthand. whether as a journalist or novelist. The huge success of THE GRAPES OF WRATH enabled him to travel the world. ceaselessly writing about the great events of each decade. This collection brings together the greatest of those dispatches - from countries as diverse as Vietnam. Britain. Morocco and Italy. In addition. it reproduces America and the Americans. a gripping account of the US in the 1960s based on Steinbecks observations on racism. moral decline & the environment.The extremely enjoyable book makes an important point about Steinbecks oeuvre. showing just how important journalism was to his career as a writer.

Publication Year: 2003