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God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a New York state court to censor it.
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.
God's Little Acre is a 1958 American comedy-drama film of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel of the same name. [3] [4] [5] It was directed by Anthony Mann and shot in black and white by cinematographer Ernest Haller. Although the film was not released until August 1958, its production schedule was indicated as September 11 to late October 1957. [6]
Place Called Estherville is a novel written by Erskine Caldwell, most famous for his novels Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre. The book was first published in 1949 by Duell, Sloan & Pearce [1] and later published in paperback by Signet Books. It would go on to sell more than 1.5 million copies.
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.
Pages in category "Works by Erskine Caldwell" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... God's Little Acre; I. Indian Summer (story) K.
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He has promised to donate any profits generated by 1 acre (4,000 m2) of the farm to the church, but is terrified that gold will be found on "God's acre", so he keeps moving the acre around. Since God's Little Acre contained scenes of (what was then considered) explicit sexuality, the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice took Caldwell ...