Tobacco Road
Subtitle: Collins #257 ''Life in the Georgia Hills''
By: [by] Erskine Caldwell
Edition: Collins White Circle Pocket Edition
Series: White Circle Pocket Edition, #257
Publisher: Wm. Collins Sons & Co.
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
Copyright date: 1947 by Erskine Caldwell (Canada)
Description: Set during the Great Depression, in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. 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 that they will someday descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them.
Notes: ***Manufactured in Great Britain* / Other system no. (OCoLC)1246052 / Related names: Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of Congress)** /