Tobacco Road - Softcover

Caldwell, Erskine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1365938115 ISBN 13: 9781365938115

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2017

Synopsis

Originally published in 1932, Caldwell's novel told the story of the Lester family, poor Georgia sharecroppers who no longer farmed the land, but lived by whatever means possible. Caldwell's picture of the rural South challenged notions of the dignified and polite Antebellum South and depicted an image that was grotesque, violent, and morally bankrupt. Southern readers immediately found Caldwell's novel needlessly exaggerated and offensive, while Northern critics read his story as an indictment upon a failed Southern economic system in dire need of reform.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1365938115
• ISBN 13: 9781365938115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146