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God's Little Acre
God's Little Acre | Erskine Caldwell
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Caldwells blockbuster bestseller: In the Depression-era Deep South, destitute farmer Ty Ty Walden struggles to raise a family on his own Single father and poor Southern farmer Ty Ty Walden has a plan to save his farm and his family: He will tear his fields apart until he finds gold. While Ty Ty obsesses over his fools quest, his sons and daughters search in vain for their own dreams of instant happinesswhether from money, violence, or sex. Gods Little Acre is a classic dark comedy, a satire that lampoons a broken South while holding a light to the toll that poverty takes on the hopes and dreams of the poor themselves. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library.
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God's Little Acre | Erskine Caldwell
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#OnThisDay in 1953, the Georgia State Assembly unanimously approved House Bill 247, establishing the Georgia Literature Commission, the first literature censorship board in the United States. It wasn‘t until 1957 that the commission issued its first ruling against a book, “God‘s Little Acre” by Erskine Caldwell. #HistoryGetsLIT

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Butterfinger
Butterfinger
God's Little Acre | Erskine Caldwell
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Panpan

Whoa! I'm using this as my Erotic choice for #BBRC @LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch Very risque for 1933 and when the father-in-law kept talking about his son's wife's breasts, and when she protested, he gave her money. That isn't even the worst thing he did. Gag me with a spoon. This is supposed to be a satire, but I am offended. Was Caldwell adding to the stereotype that the Southern people were incestuous, backward people? Set in GA.

eanderson The stereotyping of people in different parts of the country or different states annoys me. I love Parks & Rec but it makes people in Indiana look like uneducated, unhealthy eaters, and lazy. I‘m from Indiana, I have a BS, I‘m a personal trainer, runner, and love helping people. It‘s crazy because we might not be in the same state that apparently we can be beneath the people that are stereotyping. Cue eye roll... 🙄 (edited) 4y
Sace As a resident of AL I can tell you the stereotyping is embarrassing yet at the same time I run into people that embrace the pigeonhole the outside world puts them in. 🙄 4y
Butterfinger @eanderson a very valid point. @sace Whoa! I just don't get it with Caldwell. He's a native of Georgia. I didn't see much humor; characters were making fun of someone. I just don't understand how he could write a satire about poor tenant farmers during the Depression. So, I googled him. According to Wikipedia (I know it isn't a valid source), he advocated for sterilization of poor Georgians. 4y
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eanderson What the actual f$&@!!! Sorry for the fowl language but I feel it warrants it. Lol! He seriously did that?! Ewww. To think he can dictate how others live/ or decide for them whether they can have children of their own is disgusting. Hopefully, it‘s wrong but I‘m not going to hold my breath. 4y
Butterfinger @eanderson I know. I won't be reading any more of his books, believe me. Even if he is dead and gone. It's not worth it. 4y
Sace @Butterfinger @eanderson Oh dear! Wow. I'm speechless. And sadly there is A LOT of forced sterilization in US history (Puerto Rico for example.) I want to say there were some cases recently at a detention center in (ironically) Georgia. It makes my blood boil. 4y
LibrarianRyan 😁❤️👍🏻 4y
Sarahreadstoomuch Sounds like an excellent one to “thumbs down” 4y
Butterfinger @Reviewsbylola I wished I hadn't read it. #ClassicsChallenge2020 4y
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Racka
Racka
God's Little Acre | Erskine Caldwell
Pickpick

I often read a book and forget it quickly afterwards. This one was a slow burner but so thought provoking and powerful it's stayed with me several years on.