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One thing about rednecks- they never change
Meet Jeeter Lester, a failed and poverty-stricken cotton farmer somewhere in Georgia. His wife Ada is, by Jeeter's own words, "so durn ugly it's a sin". Out of the brood of children he's sired, hardly any of them want a thing to do with him, other than son Dude and daughter Ellie May, whose... Read full review »
"The Good Lord Must Have Something Big in Mind for Me..."
"...because He's sure dumping on me right now!" Surprise, Jeeter Lester, life is a two-way street, and just because you're friends with a woman preacher who's got her eye on your son--to marry AND to turn into a preacher--God will not suddenly entitle you to more than your share! And calling Him "a... Read full review »
Waiting for Godot in the deep south
It seems unlikely that Erskine Caldwell had Samuel Beckett's _Waiting For Godot_ in mind when he wrote _Tobacco Road_, but the similarities are worth noting. Both works present a view of man as condemned to an unpleasant, barren existence without hope of redemption. Whereas _WFG_ takes place on a... Read full review »
Twisted Family Road
_Tobacco Road_ is an unusual novel as it still bears shock value today. The folks in 1932 must have been absolutely blown away. Caldwell takes the Lester family and shows the devolution of the human. These characters go to any lengths to survive using animalistic qualities and instinct.
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Tobacco Road - Erskine Caldwell - 9780820316611 - 082031661X
ISBN13: 9780820316611. ISBN10: 082031661X. by Erskine Caldwell. Published by University of Georgia Press. Edition: 95
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Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
Free Worldwide Delivery : Tobacco Road : Paperback : University of Georgia Press : 9780820316611 : 082031661X : 01 Feb 1995 : Set during the Depression in the depleted farmloads surrounding Augustus, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. It is the story of the Lesters, a family of destitute white sharecroppers debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness.
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