Part I Pre-publication : background for the grapes of wrath --
Gathering migrants : Dorothea Lange and Paul S. Taylor --
Researching migrants : John Steinbeck --
Working for life : John Steinbeck and Horace Bristol --
Part II Post-publication : from controversial novel to dust bowl icon --
Shooting script : Russell Lee --
Finding real joads : Russell Lee and Elmer Thomas --
Hope and despair along the migrant trail : Russell Lee --
Displaying grapes and wrath : FSA exhibitions --
A straight picture : Darryl Zanuck and Arthur Rothstein --
Icons of the Great Depression : looking back on history --
