"Woody is Just Woody" ~ Steinbeck by Lew Aytes
Channel: CSUB Stiern Library - Historical Research Center
Date: 2022-12-15

Please click and drag the 360 video to follow Lew's presentation. This exhibit links John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (Grapes) and its relationship to and influence on Woody Guthrie, which subsequently inspired a cultural revolution in American folk music during the 20th Century. The artistic connection in the exhibit includes life-sized sculpture portraits, original photographic images, themed paintings, and photographs and personal collection items. The narrative provides the necessary information to support the theory that while Steinbeck intended to and succeeded in creating a literary masterpiece with Grapes, the novel spurred an unintentional cultural chain of influence.