An edition of Tobacco Road (1932)

Tobacco Road

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An edition of Tobacco Road (1932)

Tobacco Road

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)
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  • 8 Have read

*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 families that once helped support them, the Lesters slip completely into the abyss. Rather than hold on to each other for support, Jeeter, his wife Ada, and their twelve children are overcome by the fractured and violent society around them. Banned and burned when first released in 1932, Tobacco Road is a brutal examination of poverty’s dehumanizing influence by one of America’s great masters of political fiction.

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Lightyear Press
Language
English

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Erskine Caldwell Adult Fiction Classic Literature Novel Hardcover Paperback e-book Great Depression Poverty Destitution Hunger Ignorance Selfishness Rural poor Farm life Tobacco farmers Sharecroppers Georgia, fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) Large type books Families

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Georgia Georgia Hills Augusta

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20th Century: 1930s

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Tobacco road
1995, University of Georgia Press
in English
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Tobacco road
1995, G.K. Hall
in English
Cover of: Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
April 1981, Lightyear Press
Hardcover in English
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Tobacco road
1974, Beehive Press
Hardcover in English
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Tobacco road
1940, Modern Library
in English

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First Sentence

"LOV BENSEY trudged homeward through the deep white sand of the gully-washed tobacco road with a sack of winter turnips on his back."

The Physical Object

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Hardcover
Dimensions
8.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Weight
15.7 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9594444M
ISBN 10
0899663044
ISBN 13
9780899663043
LibraryThing
147778
Goodreads
2007402

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Work ID
OL1164861W

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