John Steinbeck's`"In Dubios Battle": Summary
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John Steinbeck's "In Dubious Battle" is a relentlessly fast-paced
novel of social unrest and the story of a young man's struggle for identity,
In Dubious Battle is set in the California apple country, where a strike by
migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control.
Caught up ....
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.... they became the fruit pickers, at a time
when the fruit growers had cut wages lower than any worker thought possible.
A strike was brewing, and Mac and Jim were determined to carry it along
and direct its course.
Luck was with them. Shortly after their arrival at the camp of the
workers, Mac, by giving the impression that he was a doctor, delivered the
camp leader's grandchild. Word of his accomplishments spread throughout
the area. After Mac and Jim became friends with London, the leade ....
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