Caldwell, Erskine 1903-1987

Tobacco road by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
362 editions published between 1930 and 2011 in 27 languages and held by 3,747 libraries worldwide
A tale of violence and sex among rural poor in the American South, the novel was highly controversial in its time. It is the story of Georgia sharecropper Jeeter Lester and his family, who are trapped by the bleak economic conditions of the Depression as well as by their own limited intelligence and destructive sexuality. Its tragic ending is almost foreordained by the characters' inability to change their lives. Caldwell's skillful use of dialect and his plain style made the book one of the best examples of literary naturalism in contemporary American fiction. The novel was adapted as a successful play in 1933.

God's little acre by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
304 editions published between 1933 and 2008 in 26 languages and held by 2,968 libraries worldwide
A Georgia dirt farmer believes there is gold on his land, leading him and his sons to spend fifteen years digging holes all over the family farm.

Deep South; memory and observation by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
21 editions published between 1968 and 1995 in English and held by 1,208 libraries worldwide
Portraying a region steeped in religious piety and ritual, excess and prejudice, Deep South is a product both of Erskine Caldwell the storyteller and Erskine Caldwell the minister's son. Rev. Ira Sylvester Caldwell's missionary work took him and his family deep into the Bible Belt. By the time Erskine Caldwell left home at seventeen, he had witnessed such varieties of religious experience as all-night camp meetings, baptismal immersions in muddy creeks, snakehandlings, street-corner rallies, and midnight mass. Decades later, Caldwell drew on this fertile background when he toured the region in order to hear firsthand from ministers and churchgoers about how southern protestantism was faring amid the social upheaval of the mid-1960s. Deep South offers a rich mix of anecdotes, memories, interviews, and observations that points to what may he the true essence of southern spirituality.

You have seen their faces by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
21 editions published between 1937 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,160 libraries worldwide

With all my might : an autobiography by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
21 editions published between 1986 and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 1,116 libraries worldwide
The celebrated novelist discusses his life and career, including his four marriages, his struggles to get his work accepted by a publisher, and the attempts to ban his work.

In search of Bisco by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
29 editions published between 1965 and 1995 in 7 languages and held by 994 libraries worldwide

Trouble in July by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
109 editions published between 1940 and 2009 in 18 languages and held by 936 libraries worldwide

Georgia boy by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
119 editions published between 1943 and 2009 in 18 languages and held by 900 libraries worldwide
"In this appealing collection of fourteen interrelated stories, twelve-year-old William Stroup recounts the ludicrous predicaments and often self-imposed hardships his family endures."--cover.

Afternoons in Mid-America : observations and impressions by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
7 editions published between 1976 and 1991 in English and French and held by 874 libraries worldwide

Complete stories by Erskine Caldwell( Book )
11 editions published between 1929 and 1955 in English and held by 833 libraries worldwide