I wrote The Grapes of Wrath in one hundred days, but many years of pre…

John Steinbeck
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I wrote The Grapes of Wrath in one hundred days, but many years of preparation preceded it. ✨ John Steinbeck (2006). The Grapes of Wrath, p.38, Penguin
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