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Poor White (novel)

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Poor White
First edition
AuthorSherwood Anderson
LanguageEnglish
PublisherB. W. Huebsch, Inc.
Publication date
1920
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
OCLC544607

Poor White is an American novel by Sherwood Anderson, published in 1920.

Plot introduction

It is the story of an inventor, Hugh McVey, who rises from poverty on the bank of the Mississippi River. The novel shows the influence of industrialism on the rural heartland of America.