I read this book on the California Zephyr in May 2019 about poor cotton sharecroppers. I thought it an appropriate read for a train ride from Chicago to San Francisco. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tobacco-Road-Erskine-Caldwell/dp/1774640880/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1651931576&refinements=p_27%3AErskine+Caldwell&s=books&sr=1-1 This controversial novel was written in 1932 and describes the Great Depression years in Georgia near Atlanta. The poverty of the Lester family, their… Continue reading Tobacco Road (Allegorical critique on 1930s U.S.?)- Erskine Caldwell
From Lorna's Command Centre 