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Sheranne (Germany) (2007/02/26):
An extraordinary exploration of the power of the mobfor good and for evil
In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its ownstronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealismon the "courage never to submit or yield."
"In Dubious Battle cannot be dismissed as a 'propaganda' novelit is another version of the eternal human fight against injustice. It is an especially good version, dramatically intense, beautifully written. It is the real thing; it has a vigor of sheer storytelling that may sweep away many prejudices."
The New Republic Printing History
First published in the United States of America by Covici, Friede, Inc., 1936
Copyright John Steinbeck, 1936
Copyright renewed John Steinbeck, 1964 My Copy: Paperback Bantam Books 1972
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