The novel begins with a trick to steal some turnips from Lov Bensey, who is married to Pearl.
The main character keeps trying to get a ride to Augusta in order to sell a bunch of firewood, but when he gets to town, he is unable to do so. The novel begins with a trick to steal some turnips from Lov Bensey, who is married to Pearl. In the end, a fire he sets to clear the broomsedge off of his land kills him. Another subplot concerns the marriage of the evangelist Bessie to Dude, the son of the main character. After the marry, they buy a car, run into a farm wagon and kill a man. Ellie May, another daughter of the hero, replaces Pearl and Lov's wife. FTP, identify this novel about Jeeter Lester, a sharecropper in Florida, written by Erskine Caldwell.
The main character keeps trying to get a ride to Augusta in order to sell a bunch of firewood, but when he gets to town, he is unable to do so.
Tobacco Road