Erskine Caldwell

December 17, 1903-April 11, 1987

Erskine Preston Caldwell was an American author born near Moreland, Georgia in Coweta County. Caldwell was the son of a minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and he attended, but did not graduate from, Erskine College. His most famous works are the novels Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre.

Caldwell was married to photographer Margaret Bourke-White from 1939 to 1942 and together they collaborated on You Have Seen Their Faces (1937).

Some of his works include:

Certain Women

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