Description: Portraying a region steeped religious piety and ritual, excess and prejudice, Deep South is a product both of Erskine Caldwell the storyteller and Erskine Caldwell the minister's son. It offers a rich mix of anecdotes, memories, interviews, and observations that point to what may be the true essence of southern spirituality.
Brief description: ERSKINE CALDWELL (1903-1987) was born in Newnan, Georgia. He became one of America's most widely read, prolific, and critically debated writers, with a literary output of more than sixty titles. At the time of his death, Caldwell's books had sold eighty million copies worldwide in more than forty languages. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1984.
Review Quotes:
Many of the episodic stories could easily stand on their own, but it is the collage of characters and southern religions which makes the book so vivid
--Religious Studies Review