In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck
Both a fast-paced story of social unrest and strike, and the tale of one young mans struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is a novel about the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob., Set in the California apple country, where a strike by migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control, as principled defiance metamorphoses into blind fanatacism. Caught up in this upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who finds himself in the course of the strike, briefly becomes its leader, and is ultimately crushed in its service., First published in 1936.
Historical Fiction
In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck
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Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction, Literature
Both a fast-paced story of social unrest and strike, and the tale of one young mans struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is a novel about the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob., Set in the California apple country, where a strike by migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control, as principled defiance metamorphoses into blind fanatacism. Caught up in this upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who finds himself in the course of the strike, briefly becomes its leader, and is ultimately crushed in its service., First published in 1936.
