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God's Little Acre

by Erskine Caldwell

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Publisher Comments:

Like Tobacco Road, this novel chronicles the final decline of a poor white family in rural Georgia. Exhorted by their patriarch Ty Ty, the Waldens ruin their land by digging it up in search of gold. Complex sexual entanglements and betrayals lead to a murder within the family that completes its dissolution. Juxtaposed against the Waldens' obsessive search is the story of Ty Ty's son-in-law, a cotton mill worker in a nearby town who is killed during a strike.

First published in 1933, God's Little Acre was censured by the Georgia Literary Commission, banned in Boston, and once led the all-time best-seller list, with more than ten million copies in print.

Book News Annotation:

**** Reprint, in U. of Georgia Press' Brown Thrasher Books, of the classic originally published by Viking in 1933 (cited in BCL3). New (4p.) foreword by Lewis Nordan.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

This novel chronicles the final decline of a poor white family in rural Georgia, who are exhorted by their patriarch, Ty Ty, to dig up their land in search of gold, and who thereby ruin it. Complex sexual entanglements and betrayals lead to a murder within the family that completes its dissolution.
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About the Author

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.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780820316635
Designed:
Nordan, Lewis
Author:
Nordan, Lewis
Author:
Caldwell, Erskine
Publisher:
University of Georgia Press
Location:
Athens :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Georgia
Subject:
Mountain life
Subject:
Mountain life -- Georgia -- Fiction.
Subject:
Georgia Fiction.
Subject:
Mountain life -- Fiction.
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Literary
Copyright:
1995
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
MF-614
Publication Date:
19950201
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 in 0.57 lb
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