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Tobacco Road is a 1932 Southern Gothic novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional family of Georgia sharecroppers during the Great Depression.
Erskine Caldwell's "Tobacco Road" was indeed banned in several places. The novel, which portrays the poverty and moral decay of a white sharecropper family in Georgia, was considered scandalous and faced censorship. It was banned in Chicago, and libraries in Caldwell's hometown also removed it. The play adaptation of the novel was also banned in major cities like Chicago and Detroit.
The controversy surrounding "Tobacco Road" stemmed from its explicit language, depictions of sex, and its unflinching portrayal of poverty and the behaviors of the rural poor. The book's graphic language and unconventional themes were seen as offensive by many, leading to its banning and challenges.
Tobacco Road is a 1932 Southern Gothic novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional family of Georgia sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Although often portrayed as a work of social realism, the novel contains many elements of black comedy and sensationalism which made it a subject of controversy following its publication. It was dramatized for Broadway by Jack Kirkland in 1933 and ran for eight years. A 1941 film version, played mainly for laughs, was directed by John Ford, with many of the darker plot elements altered or removed.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Tobacco Road number 91 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.[1] The novel was included in Life magazine's list of the 100 outstanding books of 1924–1944.[2]
Tobacco Road has sold over 10 million copies
Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987) is the author of twenty-five novels, numerous short stories, and a dozen nonfiction titles, most depicting the harsh realities of life in the American South during the Great Depression. His books have been published in forty-five languages and have sold tens of millions of copies, with God’s Little Acre alone selling more than fourteen million. Caldwell’s graphic realism and unabashedly political themes earned him the scorn of critics and censors early in his career, though by the end of his life he was acknowledged as a giant of American literature.