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Riding Like the Wind

The Life of Sanora Babb
  • Iris Jamahl Dunkle
2024
University of California Press

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  • Author Sanora Babb, with her husband James Wong Howe, in their library.
    Book Review

    The Woman Who Defined the Great Depression

    John Steinbeck based “The Grapes of Wrath” on Sanora Babb’s notes. But she was writing her own American epic.
    by Scott Bradfield via The New Republic on November 12, 2024
  • Sanora Babb
    Book Review

    The Woman Who Would Be Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck beat Sanora Babb to the great American Dust Bowl novel—using her field notes. What do we owe her today?
    by Mark Athitakis via The Atlantic on October 10, 2024
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