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Diary of a Book: In Dubious Battle, Part One

This 1936 strike novel of Steinbeck’s draws on historic California strikes of the early 1930s for its inspiration and has its roots in journalism. Archivist Lisa talks about how Steinbeck went about gathering the information he needed for this work.