The Nexf Great American Novelist Tank Tops

John Steinbeck wrote realistically and compassionately about ordinary people and their daily struggles during the Great Depression. Hollywood made movies based on his novels. He won Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes. John Ford put on a big screen Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, and won Oscar for Best Director. These are just some highlights from a long and successful career.

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When Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, the novel did not receive the reviews he desired. That changed after his death in 1940. Today, The Great Gatsby is on everybody's list of the best achievements in American literature.

When Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, the novel did not receive the reviews he desired. That changed after his death in 1940. Today, The Great Gatsby is on everybody's list of the best achievements in American literature.

When Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, the novel did not receive the reviews he desired. That changed after his death in 1940. Today, The Great Gatsby is on everybody's list of the best achievements in American literature. NOTE: The picture shows Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda.

When Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, the novel did not receive the reviews he desired. That changed after his death in 1940. Today, The Great Gatsby is on everybody's list of the best achievements in American literature. NOTE: The portrait of Scott Fitzgerald has been taken from an advertisement for The Great Gatsby and combined with profile of his wife Zelda.

When Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, the novel did not receive the reviews he desired. That changed after his death in 1940. Today, The Great Gatsby is on everybody's list of the best achievements in American literature. NOTE: The picture shows Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda.

When Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, the novel did not receive the reviews he desired. That changed after his death in 1940. Today, The Great Gatsby is on everybody's list of the best achievements in American literature.

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