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In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle
Author: John Steinbeck
In the California apple country nine hundred migratory workers, rising up "in dubious battle" against the landowners, become an almost suprahuman entity with a life of its own. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, their strike is founded upon his tragic idealism--upon the "courage never to submit or yield..."
ISBN-13: 9780140048889
ISBN-10: 014004888X
Pages: 313
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Minor classic by Steinbeck
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Written before "Grapes of Wrath, it's about the revolt of the fruit pickers in California. Good read.
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A classic Steinbeck tale about the struggle of labor vs. management. Some may call it socialist, but I believe it illustrates the necessity of unionism. A great read.
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It was one of my favorites when I was in my 20's. Now, in my 50's, I re-read it, and see things a bit differently. But still a good book.
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At supper one night---when I was 16 or 17---I told my parents I was thinking of committing suicide. When they asked why, I told them I had read everything John Steinbeck had written, so why go on. Of course, I was kidding about the suicide, but not about having read all his books. What a great author.

While not popular with everyone, In Dubious Battle is probably my favorite of all his books.
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A riveting novel of labor strife and apocolyptic violence that maps the frontier where the masses become a mob.
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difficult to finish...


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