Garfield County Libraries' Big Read features John Steinbeck's
classic American novel, "The Grapes of Wrath." This Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel tells an especially American tale about an
Oklahoma family that takes to the road in an attempt to escape
one of history's worst environmental disasters and times of
economic hardships, and finds a hard life as migrant workers in
California. Throughout February, events will be offered on the
novel, on the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, and on current-day
parallels. This communitywide reading program is designed to get
Garfield County reading, thinking, and talking about the same
book, and it all starts Friday. The Garfield County Libraries is
kicking off The Big Read at Carbondale's First Friday. Come see
the Gordon Cooper Branch Library's staff and local high school
students in the First Friday parade portraying the Joad family
traveling down Route 66. After the parade, come meet the Joad
family right outside the library at the Fourth Street Plaza on
Main Street. Enj