John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for “The Grapes of Wrath” on this day, May 6, 1940.
Here is a a personal letter from President Kennedy to John Steinbeck. President Kennedy is responding to a thank you letter from Steinbeck, who attended JFK’s inauguration. JFK’s handwritten note reads: “No President was ever prayed over with such fervor. Evidently they felt that they country or I needed it - probably both!"
-from the JFK Library
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