Rick Wartzman discusses and signs Obscene in the Extreme October 2, 2008

When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, it became the #1 bestseller in the nation, it was praised by President Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt as an unforgettable triumph reflecting America at the time. However, the book was not widely received by all and in several California counties the book was banned and burned. In Obscene in the Extreme, Wartzman tells the story of censorship and the clash of the classes.

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