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Erskine Caldwell

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Erskine Preston Caldwell was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933) won him critical acclaim.

Books by Erskine Caldwell

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Tobacco Road
Erskine Caldwell
3.7 (14k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In the desolate dust of Great Depression Georgia, the Lester family's sharecropping existence unravels into a brutal, visceral struggle against poverty that strips away their humanity, one desperate act at a time.