WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026

Question: Which 1939 novel featured Route 66 as the westward path of Dust Bowl migrants seeking work in California?

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath. Written by John Steinbeck, the novel follows the Joad family as they travel from Oklahoma to California along U.S. Route 66 during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a journey that helped cement the highway’s reputation as the “Mother Road.”