num_pages: 455
description: First published in 1939, THE GRAPES OF WRATH is a landmark of American literature. This Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads--driven from their homestead by the "land companies" and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. A portrait of conflict between the powerful and the powerless, the novel captures the horrors of the Depression and probes the very nature of equality in America.
language: English
title: The Grapes of Wrath
titlecomplete: The Grapes of Wrath
characters: Rose of Sharon Joad Rivers, Grampa Joad, Ma Joad, Al Joad, Tom Joad, Connie Rivers, Jim Casy, Ruthie Joad, Winfield Joad, Granma Joad, Noah Joad, Uncle John Joad, Pa Joad
genres: Fiction, Classics, School, Historical, Classic Literature, American, Historical Fiction, High School, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 880895
places: California, Route 66, Oklahoma, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: -946742400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel, awardedAt: -978278400000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -978278400000
name: California Book Award
category: General Literature (Silver), awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Penguin Books