In Dubious Battle

Importance of Torgas Valley

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Asked by Cat on 21 Mar 04:03

Last updated by Cat on 21 Mar 04:11

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Answered by Cat on 21 Mar 04:11

The Torgas Valley is the fictionalized central California location of the apple pickers’ strike. Steinbeck probably modeled it on Tulare County, where there was a peach strike in 1933.