· Ross (Franklin) Lockridge, Jr. Ap - March 6, ~ RAINTREE COUNTY Set in a fictionalized Indiana county, Raintree County (), the only novel by ROSS (FRANKLIN) LOCKRIDGE JR. (), narrates the life of John Wickliff Shawnessy through a series of flashbacks prompted by events within the passing of a single day, July 4, A web site dedicated to Raintree County, the Novel; and Shade of the Raintree, the Biography of Ross Lockridge Jr. Raintree County is an encyclopedic, mythological, ecological, Mother Earth goddess, Civil War based novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr. published in ; The biography by Larry Lockridge, is a powerful scholars look at the life and suicide of his father. The coroner declared this a suicide, but many of his friends refused to believe it. After all, Ross Lockridge, Jr., a thirty three-year old author from Indiana, had much to live for. Raintree County, his first novel, had just reached number one on the best seller lists and was getting hundreds of rave reviews. It had won an enormous movie contract with MGM.
Author: Lockridge Jr., Ross. Title: Raintree County. Publication: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Description: Hardcover. Signed by Lockridge on the half-title page. Early Printing. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($), creased throughout and with a few chips and closed tears. Beige buckram, toned at the edges, with brown and. Since "Raintree County" appeared in , no one has known what to make of Ross Lockridge Jr.'s massive and provocative first novel. Readers made it into an instant best seller. Hollywood made it. Behold! Raintree County is the Great American Novel!. This project began when I tried to revise an awful Wikipedia article about Ross Lockridge Jr. (It was matched by Wiki's equally dismal discussion of Raintree County itself.) I didn't get far into the project, however.
Raintree County [Ross Lockridge Jr] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Raintree County. Ross Franklin Lockridge Jr., was an American writer known for writing Raintree County. The novel, which quickly became a bestseller, was widely praised by readers and critics alike. Some have considered it a "Great American Novel." As the novel climbed high on the bestseller lists, Lockridge, at the peak of his fame, died by suicide at age by Lockridge, Ross, Jr. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. , Octavo, hardcover, green cloth with gilt "raintree" on cover. VG; No Jacket. Endpapers show peaceful pre-Civil War scenes of the County. Green cloth boards with binding gilt lettering design on spine front cover (a beautiful gilt Raintree) p.
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