Tobacco Road

Informationen zum Autor Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987) was born in Newnan, Georgia. He became one of America's most widely read, prolific, and critically debated writers, with a literary output of more than sixty titles. At the time of his death, Caldwell's books had sold eighty million copies worldwide in more than forty languages. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1984. Klappentext Set during the Depression in the depleted farmloads surrounding Augustus, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. It is the story of the Lesters, a family of destitute white sharecroppers debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness. Zusammenfassung Set during the 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erskine Caldwell
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.02.1995
• EAN: 9780820316611
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-1661-1
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 215 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: Brown Thrasher Books; Brown Thrasher Books
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Saggistica