Erskine Caldwell — A House In The Uplands

New American Library 1959 Paperback, 198pp. ""A House in the Uplands," by Erskine Caldwell, is a Southern saga that explores the decline of a once-prominent Georgia family and their plantation. The story focuses on Grady Dunbar, a man trapped by his family's history and his own self-destructive tendencies, and his wife, Lucyanne, who grapples with the reality of her marriage. The novel paints a picture of a crumbling social structure, marked by poverty, racism, and the decay of the old Southern aristocracy. Cover aged, pages tanned.". Fair.