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Tobacco Road
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I find it rather humorous to note that not only do the majority of the people getting offended by this work of literary brilliance hail from south of the Mason-Dixon, but also that no one seems to have hit on his primary intention. It's been how many years now and we still can't forgive the poor man? Tsk, tsk. At any rate, if you're interested in a boo... »
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God's Little Acre
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For a book that begins so well, it all comes to nothing in the end.
I could easily see this book being turned into an old PBS videotaped teleplay because that's what it reads like. The characters repeat the same lines over and over, the action, what little there is, is relegated to only a few "sets" and it strives to end on a very serious... »
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Trouble in July (Brown Thrasher Books)
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Written after the enormous successes of Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933) and the critical and popular failure of Journeyman (1935), Erskine Caldwell's Trouble In July (1940) is an earnest but listless novel which addresses the lynching of Negroes in the Deep South. Taking place during the period in which it was written, the novel is nei... »
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Journeyman (Brown Thrasher Books)
What did Ozzy say, "I'm looking for a Miracle Man that tells me no lies/ I'm looking for a Miracle Man who's not in disguise?" Ozzy was of course discussi... »
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The Stories of Erskine Caldwell
Despite the fact that I wasted a lot of time one summer searching high and low for a book called "Tobacco Road", which had been forbidden me as a read "un... »
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Place Called Estherville
If you like the new ABC TV show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES you might like to go back in literary history and see where some of the humorous and yet horrifying s... »
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Georgia Boy
Equal parts burlesque, farce, and tall tale, Erskine Caldwell's interrelated short story collection Georgia Boy (1943) finds its author near the peak of h... »
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Poor Fool (Voices of the South)
well i havent read the book which is both stories combined The Poor Fool&The Bastard for 42 years it was a good read then and i hope i can aquire it agai... »
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