Tobacco Road

Name: Tobacco Road
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Erskine Caldwell
ISBN: 9781461809647

Author: Erskine Caldwell

Narrator: Mark Hammer

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/28/2011

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Earthy, raunchy and high spirited, this story of larkabout Jeeter Lester's struggle to keep his farm is one of the most poignant and humorous in Depression-era literature and an American classic.

About Erskine Caldwell

Erskine Caldwell (1903â€“1987) was an American author known for his writings about poverty, racism, and social problems in his native South. As one of the first authors to be published in mass-market paperback editions, he is a key figure in the history of American publishing. Three of his books were made into movies, and the stage adaption of Tobacco Road made American theater history when it ran for seven-and-a-half years on Broadway.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit

Erskine Caldwell specialized in portraying misery and wretchedness of man and was a great expert of human distress. Tobacco Road is one of the most effective trips to the bottom of human existence. When his father died, what was left of the Lester lands and debts was willed to Jeeter. The first thing......more

Goodreads review by Justin

At times laugh-out-loud, slap your knee hilarious, and at times truly heart-breaking. Of course we're dealing with depression-era poverty, so it shouldn't all be a jolly good time. Caldwell's witty cast of characters allows for this unique experience of laughing until you cry and crying because you......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

I am amazed that so many people on this website just did not get this book. Perhaps it has to do with their innate feelings about people from the South. Maybe they should look to own their prejudices. This is one of the most powerful books I have ever read. While there were certain humorous passages,......more