![]() What is primary: poverty or depravity? Actually, it is a vicious circle – poverty aggravates depravity and depravity exacerbates poverty and the process continues until human being is reduced to the bestial condition. Captain John allowed Jeeter and his family to live in one of the houses, and to work for him on shares. The man who purchased the farm at the sheriff’s sale was Captain John Harmon. ![]() Two years later Jeeter found himself so heavily in debt that he did not own a single acre of land, or even a tenant house, after the claims had been settled. In order to satisfy the creditors, all the timber was cut, and another large portion of the land was sold. The first thing that happened was the foreclosure of the mortgage. When his father died, what was left of the Lester lands and debts was willed to Jeeter. ![]() ![]() Tobacco Road is one of the most effective trips to the bottom of human existence. Erskine Caldwell specialized in portraying misery and wretchedness of man and was a great expert of human distress. ![]()
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