Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17,1903 - April 11, 1987) was an American author born in a house in the woods outside Moreland, Georgia in Coweta County. Caldwell was the son of a minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. His early childhood was spent moving from state to state across the South, as his father found a position in one church after another. Later, he attended, but did not graduate from, Erskine College. Wikipedia
Erskine Caldwell was born in the frame house in 1903. He wrote more than 50 books, including "Tobacco Road," "God's Little Acre" and "Georgia Boy." The museum collection includes books by and about Caldwell, photographs from various periods of his life, newnan.com/ec/
Erskine Caldwell wrote twelve books of nonfiction, twenty-five novels, and nearly 150 short stories. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-497
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Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972 Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 152-154. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. www.imdb.com/name/nm0129708/
