'The Edge of Wrath' - a book that critics have called 'chronicles of the Great Depression', - tells the story of a rural Oklahoma homeland, affected by the struggle with its neighbors and the collapse of the West - in searches obitsyanaya land, California. John Steinbeck wrote this, based on the particular hostility and concern for the acute socio-economic situation in the United States in the late 1930s. Snail 1937 Many central states, upon entering the Middle Mississippi, experienced severe dryness, which was caused by vitrification of the soil, so-called “saw storms.” Thousands of farmers and landlords, who went bankrupt, lost their place in search of a source of income and income in the valleys of the “golden state” of California. The Edge of Wrath, a story of the conflict between the strong and the weak as it explores the nature of jealousy and injustice, has become one of the most acclaimed works of American classics.