![]() ![]() Together they have sold more than 17 million copies, making them two Praised for calling attention to deplorable conditions in the rural South and damned for having exaggerated those conditions, the books were widely commented upon but rarely ignored. For they are characters from '' Tobacco Road''Īnd ''God's Little Acre,'' Erskine Caldwell's novels of deprivation and depravity in the Deep South. ![]() Today, long after the conditions that spawned them have largely disappeared, their names remain etched in the American consciousness. Underfed and oversexed, their public passions, petty jealousiesĪnd frequent fits of anger stunned an American public that had barely been aware of their existence. Section C, Column 1 Cultural DeskįIFTY years ago they emerged from the backwoods of Georgia, shiftless and uneducated poor whites bearing such unfamiliar names as Jeeter, Ellie May, Sister Bessie, Ty Ty and Darling Jill. The New York Times: Book Review Search ArticleįOR ERSKINE CALDWELL, 50 YEARS OF SUCCESSESĭecember 1, 1982, Wednesday, Late City Final Edition ![]()
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