books by Rick Wartzman     books:     Rick Wartzman      Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath Rick Wartzman PublicAffairs, 2008 Likely to Become the Defining Work on the History of Labor and Farming in the Valley in the 1930s Was the "Grapes of Wrath" a nonfiction work disguised as a novel? Apparently, the County Board of Supervisors in Kern County California thought just that. The book, and Steinbeck, irritated them to the point that they decided to ban the work and prohibit its sale from ...             The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire Mark Arax, Rick Wartzman PublicAffairs, 2005 Another Fine Chapter in California's History This particular chapter details the rise of a farming empire in California's Central Valley. Coming from Greene County Georgia, the Boswell family built this empire largely on the backs of migrant labor and water--lots and lots of water. One other point: on the way ...          products you might be interested in california Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition) American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the ... Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down american The Lucky One Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One ... Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4) Extreme Measures: A Thriller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society search for books american, boswell, burning, california, obscene, steinbeck      geepe.com    web randomly chosen VHS: Psycho Sisters