Pioneer, Go Home!

Pioneer, Go Home!
First edition
AuthorRichard P. Powell
LanguageEnglish
GenreSatire
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
1959
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages320 pp
OCLC4840153

Pioneer, Go Home! is a satirical novel by Richard P. Powell, first published in 1959. The novel follows a New Jersey family, The Kwimpers, who move to Columbiana, a fictional state that resembles Florida, and squat on the side of a highway where a new bridge is being built, outraging local officials. The book was adapted into a play by Herman Raucher and also an Elvis Presley film, Follow that Dream (1962).