""Forum and Century"" - 6 Bound Magazine Issues (July - December, 1939); John Steinbeck ""Grapes of Wrath"" Article [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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Nice condition bound volume of the publication ""FORUM AND CENTURY"" magazine. Volume 102 containing six issues - July to December, 1939. Marbled end papers. There is an Index at the front. ""Forum and Century"" was an American magazine on politics, war, and culture published in New York from 1930-1940. Included in the November issue is an article titled ""CALIFORNIA'S GRAPES OF WRATH"" with illustrations: ""Californians are wrathy over 'The Grapes of Wrath,' John Steinbeck's best-selling novel of migrant agricultural workers. Though the book is fiction, many readers accept it as fact. By implication, it brands California farmers with unbelievable cruelty in their dealings with refugees from the 'dust bowl.'"" The article was published the same year (1939) as the first printing of the book. Here are some other examples of the contents: Will Roosevelt Run Again?; Sex Education in the Schools; The United States and the War; The 'Ex-Insane' Revolt; Clean Up, America!; No War Coming; We Live in the Slums; Why No Third Term?; San Antonio - Shame of Texas; Roads to Peace; Planning for Better Wars; Shall We Tax the Churches?; Business Wives or House Wives?; Our Backward Farmers; The Defense of Britain; Washington - A National Disgrace; I Went to College at Fifty; Youth Examines the War Whoop; Slick Fingers - The Art of Shoplifting; St. Louis - A City in Decay; Should Married Women Work?; How to Read the War News.and much more. Condition: Clean front cover and spine; light stain at the bottom edge of the back cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. All front covers are present; no back covers are present. The issues are in Very Good condition with only some light soiling to the July front cover. ""Greenville, Mass."" Public Library label affixed to the front pastedown. There is an embossed address stamp at the top-right front cover corner of the July issue.