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| Genre/Form: | Domestic fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Erskine Caldwell |
| ISBN: | 0820316601 9780820316604 082031661X 9780820316611 |
| OCLC Number: | 30625001 |
| Notes: | "Brown Thrasher Books." |
| Description: | ix, 184 pages ; 23 cm |
| Responsibility: | Erskine Caldwell ; foreword by Lewis Nordan. |
Abstract:
Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, this is the story of the Lesters, a family of destitute white sharecroppers. Debased by their poverty, they fear they will descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them.
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"Mr. Caldwell's humor, like Mark Twain's, has as its source an imagination that stirs the emotions of the reader."--"New York Herald Tribune"
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