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Along the lines of the Harvest of Shame comments...The Grapes of Wrath was written by John Steinbeck in 1939. The book was banned by the Salinas Library, in the small farming community where Steinbeck grew up, and Steinbeck was labeled a Communist. The Grapes of Wrath was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Literature later that year. Things haven't changed much. Perhaps the color of those who harvest our food is different, but little else changed. Think about this not just when we buy and eat food, but when we vote too.