In Dubious Battle
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. New Edition, Signed by John Steinbeck;. Octavo, 313 pages, publisher's original color pictorial dust jacket with the original price intact. Publisher's original tan cloth-covered boards lettered in red. In Dubious Battle is John Steinbeck’s important 1936 novel of labor unrest, migrant workers, union organizing, class conflict, and social struggle in Depression-era California. Set among striking apple pickers, the novel follows the escalating confrontation between workers, labor organizers, growers, and authorities, exploring themes of exploitation, collective action, political idealism, violence, and human dignity. Written during the period that produced Steinbeck’s major California novels, In Dubious Battle is an important precursor to Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, sharing their focus on dispossessed workers and economic hardship during the Great Depression. A significant work of twentieth-century American literature, the novel remains closely associated with Steinbeck’s enduring interest in labor history, social justice, agricultural workers, and the economic realities of 1930s America. Ex-school library with some of the typical markings. There is a large piece of the front panel of the dust jacket that is nearly torn off. Some foxing and discoloration, signs of a library pocket being removed in the rear, soiling to cloth, else in good + condition. Item #572
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