" Henry is surprised to  nd that his wife looks "strong" a er she is visited by a tinker in a story by this author in which Elisa Allen takes pride in growing the title  owers.
In a novel by this author, a man explains his intent to follow in the footsteps of a preacher who went into the wilderness to  nd his soul, only to discover that all he had was a "little piece of a great big soul." Henry is surprised to  nd that his wife looks "strong" a er she is visited by a tinker in a story by this author in which Elisa Allen takes pride in growing the title  owers. A novel by this author of "The Chrysanthemums" ends with a girl who has recently given birth to a stillborn baby smiling as she breastfeeds a starving old man in a barn; in that novel by this man, Jim Casy dies leading striking migrant workers, and Tom Joad's family journeys to California. For 10 points, name this novelist who depicted the hardships of Dust BowlÂ–era tenant farmers in The Grapes of Wrath.
In a novel by this author, a man explains his intent to follow in the footsteps of a preacher who went into the wilderness to  nd his soul, only to discover that all he had was a "little piece of a great big soul.
John Steinbeck [or John Ernst Steinbeck Jr.]