Editing John Steinbeck (section)

===''In Dubious Battle''===
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[[File:Migrant Family in Salinas, CA.jpg|alt=Salinas migrant workers|thumb|Salinas migrant workers, photo by Dorothea Lange]]
In 1936, Steinbeck published the first of what came to be known as his [[Dust Bowl]] trilogy, which included ''Of Mice and Men'' and ''The Grapes of Wrath''. This first novel tells the story of a fruit pickers' strike in California which is both aided and damaged by the help of "the Party", generally taken to be the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]], although this is never spelled out in the book.