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      Capital City

      by Mari Sandoz
      Published
      May 1982
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      352
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      First published in the dark days immediately before World War II, Capital City is Mari Sandoz's angriest and most political novel. Like many important American novels of the 1930s—John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Jack Conroy's The Disinherited, Robert Cantwell's Land of Plenty—Capital City depicts the troubles of working people trapped in the Great Depression. A unique portrayal of how the Depression affected the Great Plains, it examines the forces that bitterly contended for wealth and power. Sandoz researched the daily life and behind-the-scenes operations of several state capitals in the thirties before synthesizing them in this novel, which is part allegory, part indictment, part warning. Famous for her passionate writing, Sandoz imbued Capital City with the full measure of her outrage.

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      Genres

      Western

      Subgenres

      Historical

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      Apr 1982 University of Nebraska Press ISBN13 9780803291263 ISBN10 0803291264
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      Nov 2007 Bison Books ISBN13 9780803260313 ISBN10 0803260318
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      Jun 1982 University of Nebraska Press ISBN13 9780803241305 ISBN10 0803241305
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