Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, this is the story of the Lesters, a family of destitute white sharecroppers. Debased by their poverty, they fear they will descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them.

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Paperback, 11th Edition

ISBN13: 9780820316611

University of Georgia Press, 1995

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