The Setting: 'Steinbeck Country' Steinbeck published 'The Chrysanthemums' in 1938 as part of his collection, The Long Valley, a term often used in reference to the area drained by the Salinas River. The Salinas Valley is a farmer's paradise.
A list of animals about backbones.
She is hard, direct, and cynical
I hate to say this, but I think I would have to go with Thomas Putnam. This character used his power and influence to do bad so to speak. If you remember he used his status to accuse people of witchcraft and then would buy those people's land once they were executed. Depending on where one might stand politically some would see Obama as using his power for bad.
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