Few books have caused as big a stir as John SteinbeckOCOs "The Grapes of Wrath," when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nationOCOs No. 1 bestseller, flying off store shelves at a rate of 10,000 copies a week. But in Kern County, California?the JoadsOCO newfound home?the book was burned publicly and banned from library shelves. "Obscene in the Extreme" tells the remarkable story behind that fit of censorship, a moment when several lives collided as part of a larger class struggle roiling the nation. It is a superb historical narrative that serves as an engaging window into an extraordinary time of upheaval in America, when as Steinbeck put it, ?A revolution is going on. OCO