Tobacco road, Erskine Caldwell
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Tobacco road, Erskine Caldwell
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eng
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Tobacco road
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191046207
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Erskine Caldwell
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Modern classics
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"Mr. Caldwell's humor ... has as its source an imagination that stirs the emotions. ... "One of the most popular novels of its time, Tobacco Road has been widely praised for its vivid depiction of the lives of poor white sharecroppers during the Depression. Today, the story remains as stirring and provocative as it was in 1932. The Depression has hit the depleted farmlands of Augusta, Georgia, hard. For the Lester family, grinding poverty has become a way of life. Trapped by ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are torn between surrendering to their hunger and sexual longings, and the fear that they may be slipping even lower than they already are in society's eyes. An American masterpiece, Tobacco road captures a time and place in history with emotion, intelligence, and elegance
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