Steinbeck and the Depression By veronicamunn Period: Feb 27, 1902 to Dec 20, 1968 Steinbeck's Life Steinbeck's Life Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Stock Market Crashes! Oct 29, 1929 Timeline of the Great Depression Timeline of Great Depression Mar 4, 1933 President Hoover Leaves Office Hoover leaves the Presidency Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt Takes Office President Roosevelt Takes Office Nov 11, 1933 Drought of the Dust Bowl Years Drought of the Dust Bowl May 11, 1934 The Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl during The Great Depression Feb 6, 1937 Steinbeck publishes Of Mice and Men Steinbeck publishes Of Mice and Men Apr 14, 1939 Steinbeck publishes The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck publishes The Grapes of Wrath Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor Depression comes to end with Bombing of Pearl Harbor