Muley Graves with Tom Joad and Jim Casy, illustration

Illustration of Muley Graves with Tom Joad and Jim Casy from The Grapes of Wrath, vol.1 p.71, illustrated edition, by Thomas Hart Benton, a native of eastern Oklahoma, who was assigned to draw archetypal Oklahomans for 20th Century Fox as the studio believed that would make the casting more accurate."I don't like to eat no jackrabbit with boils,' said Muley." "...What I mean, if a fella's got sompin to eat and another fella's hungry, why the first fella ain't got no choice..."