Three Classic Novels: Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre, and

Three Classic Novels: Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre, and Place Called Estherville

Three powerful novels of racism, lust, and poverty in the rural South by a controversial national bestselling author.

Bigotry, poverty, social injustice, and sexual squalor in the Deep Southâ€”hallmarks of one of the most daring and phenomenally popular bestselling novelists of the twentieth-century. Here, in one volume, are three of his best-known works. â€œNone of [his] characters would be caught dead in a novel by John Steinbeck, Carson McCullers, or Eudora Weltyâ€ (
The Daily Beast).

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Tobacco Road: The Great Depression compromises the morals of a poor farming family in Georgia. This classic, a Modern Library 100 Best Novels selection, was adapted for the stage in 1933 and made into a 1941 film directed by John Ford.

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Godâ€™s Little Acre: Desperation takes its toll on a deluded Southern farmer obsessed with sex, violence, and the promise of gold. Banned in Boston, censored in Georgia, and prosecuted by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, this international bestseller was adapted into a film in 1958.

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A Place Called Estherville: In the pre-civil-rights-era South, a biracial brother and sister move to a small segregated town to care for their aunt, only to be subjected to systematic racism, sexual violence, and prejudice.

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â€œWhat William Faulkner implies, Erskine Caldwell records,â€ said the
Chicago Tribune of the author who earned his reputation by writing about sex, racism, and religious hypocrisy when no one else was. Caldwell remains one of the most widely translated American authors of all time.

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This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library.
Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-05-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Open Road Media
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-05-16
Format	Kindle eBook

Three Classic Novels: Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre, and Place Called Estherville

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