Erskine Caldwell's story of a Georgia dirt farmer, Ty Ty Walden, and of Ty Ty's sons and intensely attractive daughters has achieved a popularity that has been phenomenal and undiminishing. With almost seven million copies in print, God's Little Acre has attained the status of an all-time permanent best-seller. Its comedy of the man who dedicated an acre of land to God — a barren, useless acre — has become virtually a part of our national folklore, and the novel is now generally recognized as a classic.