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Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 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.
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Erskine Caldwell's book "Tobacco Road" leads to reporters seeking the source and causes of rural poverty in 1935.
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The Bastard is a historical novel written by John Jakes and originally published in 1974. It is book one in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series. [ 1 ] The novel mixes fictional characters with historical events or people, to tell the story of the United States of America in the time period leading up ...
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First edition 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.