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  1. Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. It narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.

    • John Steinbeck
    • 1937
  2. John Steinbecks ‘Of Mice and Men’ is pinned against a historical background and the then state of affairs of the 1930s. However, ‘Of Mice and Men’ is purely a made-up story but hinged on Steinbeck’s real-life experience, and what was obtained in a society of the Great Depression.

  3. Dec 12, 2022 · Important Facts about the Fort Washington Battle. In June 1776, a group of prominent American officers, including Nathanael Greene, William Heath, Henry Knox, and Israel Putnam, surveyed the area and decided to build a fort on a hill that was the highest point on Manhattan Island.

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  4. With the success of the novel, Steinbeck worked on a stage version with playwright George Kaufman, who directed the play. Of Mice and Men opened on Broadway in New York City on November 23, 1937, with Wallace Ford as George and Broderick Crawford as Lennie.

  5. Oct 8, 2022 · But in one case of trying to ban "Of Mice and Men," it was John Steinbeck himself and his "questionable" patriotism that led to his book being challenged in 1989 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (via American Library Association).

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  6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, a period of economic downturn that affected the United States in the 1930s. The novel explores the lives of migrant workers who were displaced from their homes and forced to search for work in order to survive.

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  8. Jul 19, 2012 · Narrator Andy Kershaw explores what life was like for 1920s migrant workers and the autobiographical nature of John Steinbeck's novel.

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