# To a God Unknown

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- Book: [To a God Unknown](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/to-a-god-unknown) ([To a God Unknown.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/to-a-god-unknown.md))
- Authors: [John Steinbeck](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-064-8
- Published: 2000-11-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity andthe farm flourishes - until one brother, scared by Joseph's pagan belief, kills the tree and brings disease and famine on the farm. Set in familiar Steinbeck country, TO A GOD UNKOWN is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control theforces of nature and to understand the ways of God.