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Description for Tobacco Road
Paperback. .
Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. It is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear that they will someday descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820316611
SKU
V9780820316611
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Ref
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About Erskine Caldwell
ERSKINE CALDWELL (1903-1987) was born in Newnan, Georgia. He became one of America's most widely read, prolific, and critically debated writers, with a literary output of more than sixty titles. At the time of his death, Caldwell's books had sold eighty million copies worldwide in more than forty languages. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters ... Read more
Reviews for Tobacco Road
Mr. Caldwell's humor, like Mark Twain's, has as its source an imagination that stirs the emotions of the reader. Caldwell displays a talent which is unique. An original, mature approach to people who ignore the civilization that contains them as completely as it ignores them.