Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell5/12/2023 ![]() The Author’s GoalĬaldwell’s primary goal was to explore the impact of the Great Depression on the life of carefree Americans living in rural settings who were unprepared for the financial disruption. Tobacco Road portrays the desperation in the Lester family as a consequence of carelessness. ![]() The book chronicles violence and hypersexuality associated with poverty distress in the American South. Tobacco Road depicts the life of the Lester family from Georgia, United States, facing the consequences of financial distress resulting from the Great Depression (Caldwell 1932). Caldwell picks Great Depression and negligence in rural families due to their impact on the history of the global economy. The author’s goals in writing the books were to expose rural America’s socio-economic challenges and possible cases of moral negligence. This book review explores the novel Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell published in 1932 by the University of Georgia Press (Caldwell 1932). The experience of Native Americans facing the Great Depression is seldom put into context. ![]()
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