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Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. [7] [8] 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.
- Novelist, short story writer
- Scenic Hills Memorial Park, Ashland, Oregon
- Erskine Preston Caldwell, December 17, 1903, Moreland, Georgia, U.S.
Tobacco Road is a 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional family of Georgia sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Although often portrayed as a work of social realism , the novel contains many elements of black comedy and sensationalism which made it a subject of controversy following its publication.
- J. J. Kirkland, Erskine Preston Caldwell
- 1932
Erskine Caldwell, Lewis Nordan (Foreword) 3.71. 15,250 ratings977 reviews. The classic novel of a Georgia family undone by the Great Depression: “ [A] story of force and beauty” (New York Post). Even before the Great Depression struck, Jeeter Lester and his family were desperately poor sharecroppers. But when hard times begin to affect the ...
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Erskine Preston Caldwell war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Als literarisch bedeutsam gilt insbesondere Caldwells Frühwerk. Hohe Auflagen erzielte Gottes kleiner Acker und Die Tabakstraße. Letztgenannter Roman handelt in grotesk-tragischer Weise vom Leben einer völlig verarmten Pächterfamilie im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat ...
God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a New York state court to censor it.
- Erskine Preston Caldwell
- United States
- 1933
- English
Erskine Caldwell has 274 books on Goodreads with 48313 ratings. Erskine Caldwell’s most popular book is Tobacco Road.
edit data. Erskine Preston Caldwell was an American author. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native South won him critical acclaim, but they also made him controversial among fellow Southerners of the time who felt he was holding the region up to ridicule.
