The Cabin in the Cotton

They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!

Plot Summary

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

6.3 /10

1932

US

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