Signet #855, 1952 (copyright, 1950). The Snow Was Black by Georges Simenon. “A shocking novel of evil and corruption”
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Signet #D2284, 1963 (copyright 1962). Close to Home by Erskine Caldwell. “Native Hunnicutt was headed for trouble when he married a rich widow… and kept his Negro mistress”
Signet #983, 1953 (copyright 1950). Episode in Palmetto by Erskine Caldwell.
The best known of Erskine Caldwell’s books. Written in 1932, there were many proposals to turn it into a movie, but it was repeatedly shelved, especially due to the fact that Tobacco Road was on the banned books list. And also because Caldwell wanted the movie to retain its ‘grit’. It was finally made into a movie in 1941, although the plot was re-written. Signet Book 627, 1949 (copyright 1932). Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell.
(Britain) Great Pan #G479, 1961. Georgia Boy by Erskine Caldwell.
Royal Books #G-27, 1954, original publication. It’s a pulp two-fer! Confessions of a Psychiatrist by Henry Lewis Nixon. “Every boudoir was his office, every patient his plaything…” AND, The Woman He Wanted by Daoma Winston. “He was a brute who lived and loved like an animal - a carnivorous beast!”
Midwood Book #46, 1960, original publication. Glad to Be Bad, Adam Roberts. “She was available for the asking” “Gorgeous Gwen Morgan was always willing to give a little and to get a lot”
Signet Book #1136, 1954 (copyright, 1933). We Are the Living, Erskine Caldwell.
Avon Book #870, 1953 (original publication). Southern Daughter, Daniel White. “Temptation and shame in the swampland”
Signet Book #581, 1952 (1st edition: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., 1933). God’s Little Acre, Erskine Caldwell.
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Penguin Book #581, 1946 (copyright 1933). God’s Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell.
