Erskine Caldwell
Erskine Caldwell was a controversial chronicler of poor white Southerners whose novels Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre shocked readers with their frank sexuality and depiction of rural poverty. He was one of the bestselling American novelists of the mid-twentieth century.
Works
- Tobacco RoadNovel depicting the desperate poverty and degradation of rural Georgia sharecroppers
- God's Little AcreNovel set on a Georgia farm exploring morality and survival amid rural desperation
- Trouble in JulyNovel of racial violence and mob hysteria in a small Southern town
- Georgia BoyNovel depicting rural Georgia childhood memories and family relationships
- JourneymanNovel of a wandering preacher's disruptive arrival in a rural Georgia community