Both my parents came of age during the Great depression. In one casual conversation when I was 12, they talked about how both their kitchen doors back then were furrowed by their dogs responding to people trying to break in to steal food. During the Depression, my Dad and his family drove across the country in a Ford Model T pickup truck. Prior to that, they lived in a town of 500 in Arkansas, and part of their income was from having the only truck in town. Grapes of Wrath probably had more impact on me because of their stories. Still a fantastic book all by itself.
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u/Batman_xime 14h ago
East of Eden by John Steinbeck