Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-150) and index.

John Steinbeck : a history of censorship -- Book battles : book challenging, book banning, and censorship -- Steinbeck : a life in search of truth -- Of mice and men -- The grapes of wrath -- East of Eden -- Shelving Steinbeck : challenges to his books -- In Steinbeck's defense -- Steinbeck in the twenty-first century.