{"product_id":"tobacco-road-9780820316611","title":"Tobacco Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, \u003cem\u003eTobacco Road \u003c\/em\u003ewas first published in 1932. It is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear that they will someday descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErskine Caldwell (1903-1987) was born in Newnan, Georgia. He became one of America's most widely read, prolific, and critically debated writers, with a literary output of more than sixty titles. At the time of his death, Caldwell's books had sold eighty million copies worldwide in more than forty languages. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1984.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707503612178,"sku":"9780820316611","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96b3a555-339f-4a3d-96db-7cc014f2d51f.jpg?v=1734496657","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tobacco-road-9780820316611","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}