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Steinbeck used the detailed firsthand notes of Sanora Babb to write this "great American novel." He didn't thank her, but he thanked her supervisor, Collins, who had surreptitiously shared her work with Steinbeck in exchange for help writing his own nonfiction work. Steinbeck's novel was published on the back of a woman's hard work while her own novel wasn't released until 2004.
Steinbeck used the detailed firsthand notes of Sanora Babb to write this "great American novel." He didn't thank her, but he thanked her supervisor, Collins, who had surreptitiously shared her work with Steinbeck in exchange for help writing his own nonfiction work. Steinbeck's novel was published on the back of a woman's hard work while her own novel wasn't released until 2004.