Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)     [text-only version for printing]     [back to graphical version]
The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject. The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo College students

General Web Site Links    

Biography Resource Center  (Rio Hondo On Campus Users)     http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cclc_rio
Biography Resource Center  (Rio Hondo Off Campus Users)     https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library
Provides biographical profiles about John Steinbeck's life and accomplishments.  Biography Resource Center also provides citations to  magazines, journals, and books about Steinbeck. 

California Council for the Humanities     http://www.calhum.org/programs/grapes_intro.htm
The official Web site for the California Stories: Reading The Grapes of Wrath program.  Here you will find information about the program, a list of companion books (http://www.calhum.org/programs/grapes_companion_books.htm), and other useful links (http://www.calhum.org/programs/grapes_links.htm).

Literature Resource Center  (Rio Hondo On Campus Users)     http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cclc_rio
Literature Resource Center  (Rio Hondo Off Campus Users)     https://rioweb.riohondo.edu/library/
Provides literary criticism, articles, and work overviews for The Grapes of Wrath.  At the home page of Literature Resource Center you must click on 'title' to reset the search screen.  Type: The Grapes of Wrath, click 'exact title' and last click the 'search' butto

John Steinbeck Bibliography     http://www.steinbeck100.org/bibliography.html
A list of works by John Steinbeck.  Also includes a list of films and a list of movies for television that were made from his works.

NPR : Grapes of Wrath, Present at the Creation     http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/grapesofwrath/index.html
A National Public Radio site that gives a behind the scenes view of the creation, research, and writing of the Grapes of Wrath.  This site also includes the Woody Guthrie 1940 song "Tom Joad" and a scene from the 1940 film The Grapes of Wrath.

Mega Web Sites    

Center for Steinbeck Studies     http://www2.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/
The center is housed at San Jose State University and directed by Dr. Susan Shillinglaw, noted Steinbeck scholar.  The Web site provides links to information about Steinbeck's life and work, recommended Web sites (http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/steinbec/otrolink.html), Steinbeck's Nobel prize speech.  It also includes links to information about Steinbeck in Spanish and French.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online  (Rio Hondo On Campus Users)     http://search.eb.com/
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online  (Rio Hondo Off Campus Users)     https://rioweb.riohondo.edu/library/
Conduct a search on The Grapes of Wrath and you will find a wealth of resources.  EB Online lists encyclopaedia articles, provides links to full-text journal and magazine articles and lists several recommended Web sites.

The Grapes of Web     http://lii.org/TGOW
This is the digital companion to California's statewide reading program.  This site provides links to Web sites about John Steinbeck, the novel, the film, Music, Humor, The Dust Bowl, The Great Depression, The New Deal, Route 66, Oklahoma,  Dorthea Lange, Book Clubs, Agricultural Laborers, and Hoovervilles,

John Steinbeck: The California Novels     http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/
This Web site was developed by Western Washington University professor emeritus, Ed Stephan.  The Web site consists of links to sites that are related to Steinbeck's California novels.  Links include Steinbeck Facts, Stanford University American Literary Collections; John Steinbeck, History of Salinas Valley, etc.