The Great Depression was one of the most heartbreaking times in our nation’s history. John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, takes place during an era in the Depression known as the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl affected farmers all over the United States because it was caused by many defective agricultural procedures, such as poor treatment of the soil, and years of continuous drought. The Dust Bowl forced farmers everywhere to give up their land, and work as tenant farmers for anyone that would hire them. “With no chance of making a living, farm families abandoned their homes

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