Don_Dickle to Books@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoJohn Steinbeck got the Grapes of Wrath published in 1939. At the tail end of the Great Depression. Why did he put his time and effort into writing a book instead of earning money?message-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareJohn Steinbeck got the Grapes of Wrath published in 1939. At the tail end of the Great Depression. Why did he put his time and effort into writing a book instead of earning money?Don_Dickle to Books@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square1linkfedilinkfile-text
I don’t know if anyone agrees but I am from the standpoint he wrote the book as a last ditch effort for money.
This isn’t a real question is it?