When Thom Steinbeck speaks of his father being attacked all his life
because “people thought he’d betrayed his own class,” he’s talking
about the never-ending grief his father had to endure from people
who believed his championing of downtrodden farmworkers and
negroes was anti-American. Throughout his life, John Steinbeck was
called a socialist, a communist and a troublemaker.
because “people thought he’d betrayed his own class,” he’s talking
about the never-ending grief his father had to endure from people
who believed his championing of downtrodden farmworkers and
negroes was anti-American. Throughout his life, John Steinbeck was
called a socialist, a communist and a troublemaker.