Reflections on Steinbeck, loss, and the shared human experience

Inspirational Perspective It is said of John Steinbeck that he was noted as a champion of the ordinary working person and for his moral commitment to the traditional ideals of American democracy. In 1940, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Grapes of Wrath (1939), highlighting the lives of migrant farm workers in the Salinas Valley. He was awarded the No...