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Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
Author: Erskine Caldwell
This is Erskine Caldwell's earthy and powerful story of Jeeter Lester, his shiftless family and their ribald adventures with the men and women along Tobacco Road. A pungent novel of primitive living and lusting in the rural South. It has sold nearly 3,500,00 copies in the Signet edition alone.
ISBN: 27130
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Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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I loved this book. Nothing like I have read before. It is a quick read, but makes you sit back and think.
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Set during the depression, 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.
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Readnmachine avatar reviewed Tobacco Road on + 1474 more book reviews
Caldwell's tale of destitute sharecroppers in 1920s Georgia juxtaposes the ignorance of the characters with black humor. Pretty grim, but fortunately it's a quick read.
shanna71 avatar reviewed Tobacco Road on + 145 more book reviews
This is one of the best books I have ever read. Being a farm girl in rural Oklahoma, I can so relate. Very good & quick read. Five stars
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Classic rural American literature by prolific Southern writer of the 1930s and 40s
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Classic rural American literature by prolific Southern writer of the 1930s and 40s
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Supossedly a classic, but I thought it was a weak imitation of William Faulkner. Maybe you'll like it.
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The most tasteless, degrading depiction of the South I have seen in a long time. No wonder people think we are goofy and inbred after reading books like this one.


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