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The son of a traveling minister, born in white oak, georgia in 1903, caldwell received little formal education, as a young man, caldwell took odd jobs and worked in the southern states. During the 1930s he managed a bookstore in maine with his first wife and it was at this time that he produced his two most famous, and controversial, works. Tobacco road by erskine caldwell, first edition abebooks. Tobacco road is a 1932 novel by american author erskine caldwell. Read by john macdonald set during the depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding augusta, georgia, tobacco road is the story of the lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. Banned and burned when first released in 1932, tobacco road is a brutal examination of povertys dehumanizing influence by one of americas great masters of political fiction. Erskine caldwell s tobacco road, published in 1932, is a greasy hairball of a novelone of the sickest and most lurid books to have emerged from the literature of the american south. The book comes with its dust jacket and includes a new preface by the author. Erskine caldwell books list of books by author erskine caldwell.
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One of 250 copies signed by james avati on a 3 x 5 card. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tobacco road. An exhibit of original cover art from the golden age of paperbacks 1948 1958 by erskine caldwell. Tobacco road 1932 is one of his earlier works and, along with gods little acre 1933, was immensely popular, selling tens of million copies and being translated into 43 languages. Erskine caldwell has 145 books on goodreads with 36537 ratings.
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