Remarks at the Presentation of the 1964 Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards. | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu . Retrieved July 9, 2019. In the Nobel Prize presentation speech the next year, however, the Swedish Academy cited it most favorably: "Here he attained the same standard which he set in The Grapes of Wrath. Again he holds his position as an independent expounder of the truth with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American, be it good or bad." [1] At any rate Nancy and John, by way of their own internal struggles, succeeded in honestly appraising the situation and speaking truth to power so to speak, and in a civil way and over time. That's admirable.

The Silver Lotus (Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2011) ISBN 9781582437781 (hardcover, 1st ed.) – a novel In March 1968 he testified before a Senate subcommittee that in his opinion "about 60 percent of American soldiers between the ages of 19 and 27 smoke marijuana when they think it reasonable to do just that, taking into consideration their responsibilities at the moment." He also said that Military Assistance Command, Vietnam itself promoted drug abuse by providing for distribution of narcotics such as amphetamines, also known as pep pills, to soldiers in combat. [3] Penguin Press – Penguin Books USA". Archived from the original on December 20, 2016 . Retrieved December 6, 2016. His later work reflected his wide range of interests, including marine biology, politics, religion, history and mythology. One of his last published works was Travels with Charley, a travelogue of a road trip he took in 1960 to rediscover America.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962: Presentation Speech by Anders Österling, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008 . Retrieved April 21, 2008.

My mother was difficult, to put it lightly. She was a drinker. And the only way my father could save me from her was to put me into boarding schools on the East Coast from the time I was in third grade. [5] I liked it because of the way it shed light on Tibetan Buddhism. It seemed to me that the Tibetans were rather more noble and less self serving than other religions. I mean its hard to top the Catholics for hypocrisy, though many have tried. I just had assumed that maybe the Tibetans were above all that. Davis, Robert C. The Grapes of Wrath: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982. PS3537 .T3234 G734 Who, what, why: Why do children study Of Mice and Men?". BBC News. BBC. March 25, 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015 . Retrieved December 6, 2014. Meredith, Robbie (May 25, 2023). "Call to remove Of Mice and Men from GCSE course". BBC News . Retrieved July 8, 2023.The Forgotten Village—directed by Alexander Hammid and Herbert Kline, narrated by Burgess Meredith, music by Hanns Eisler Publishers Weekly said "More than a memoir, this is a powerful account of healing and liberation. This book can help many people." Terijoen hallitus sai outoa tukea" [The Terijoki Government received odd support]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). November 29, 2009. Meyer, Michael (2008). The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing (8thed.). Boston: St. Martin/Bedford. pp.744–745. ISBN 978-0-312-47200-9.

Of Mice and Men (1939)". Internet Movie Database. January 12, 1940. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007 . Retrieved October 10, 2007. East of Eden—directed by Elia Kazan, featuring James Dean, Julie Harris, Jo Van Fleet, and Raymond Massey Of Mice and Men—directed by Lewis Milestone, featuring Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney Jr., and Betty FieldDr. Greenlaw and the Zulu Princess ( Post Hill Press, 2013) ASIN B00GS3V0SO (eBook edition only) – a novella This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Nobel Prize in Literature 1962". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008 . Retrieved October 17, 2008. a b c d The Swedish Academy cited The Grapes of Wrath and The Winter of Our Discontent most favorably.