Tobacco Road (1932). Erskine Caldwell (American, 1903-1987). Scribners. First edition. Original dust
Tobacco Road (1932). Erskine Caldwell (American, 1903-1987). Scribners. First edition. Original dust jacket.Tobacco Road is set in rural Georgia during the worst years of the Great Depression. It depicts a family of poor white sharecroppers. The main character is Jeeter Lester, an ignorant and sinful man who is redeemed by his love of the land and his faith in the fertility and promise of the soil.“‘I can’t get no snuff and rations, excepting once in a while when I haul a load of wood up to Augusta.’” Chapter 2, pg. 21 -- source link
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