Raintree county has long been one of my favorite novels. Raintree county by ross lockridge, hardback book, 1948. Raintree county is the middlebrow ulysses, the hoosier war and peace, the middle western remembrance of things past, the freshmans faust. A numberone bestseller when it was first published in 1948, this powerful novel is a compelling vision of nineteenthcentury america with timeless resonance. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading raintree county rediscovered classics. It arrived well packaged and is in marvelous shape, especially for the age of the book. Writing from a small country is a collection of fresh literature written by members of the creative writing club of luxembourg. Told in a series of flashbacks, this is the story of. Raintree county is a work that should rank with thomas wolfes look homeward, angel as a landmark in american fiction. Which had no boundaries in time and space, where lurked musical and strange names and mythical and lost peoples, and which was itself only a name by lockridge, ross jr. Though clift is engaged to eva marie saint, what taylor wants, taylor gets, and she isnt above. Raintree county is set in a mythical part of indiana close to where i grew up, in bloomington.
Raintree county rediscovered classics kindle edition. Raintree county rediscovered classics kindle edition by lockridge, ross, wouk, herman. A numberone bestseller when it was first published in 1948, this powerful novel is a compelling vision of 19thcentury america with timeless resonancemore. In connection with the mgm movie, a paperback was released in 1957 by popular library and an abridged version by dell. It stars montgomery clift, elizabeth taylor, eva marie saint, and lee marvin. Raintree county is a 1957 american technicolor melodramatic film set during the american civil war, directed by edward dmytryk. The sphinx recumbent adorning the dust jacket was drawn by lockridge himself and caused a bit of a stir on publication. The page are all tight and the cover is in good condition. The dust cover has a worn spot on the bottom of the spine and.
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It spans the 19th century history of the united states, from the precivil war westward expansion, to the debate over slavery, to the civil war, to the industrial revolution and the labor movement which followed. Set in a fictionalized indiana county, raintree county 1948, the only novel by ross franklin lockridge jr. He is a romantic, principled, and an idealist, believing the story of the golden raintree after which the county is named growing somewhere, most likely in the county s swamp area, searching for and locating it which would provide all the answers to. No other book has ever impacted me in such sweeping, allencompassing fashion. Raintree county hardcover book by ross lockridge jr. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Excerpted in life magazine, it was a book ofthemonth club main selection, won mgms novel award and a movie deal, and stood at the top of. This is a vintage hardcover book with its dust jacket. Raintree county was perhaps only the secondmost significant book by a bloomingtonian that came out on january 5, 1948. Online book orders for raintree county and shade of the raintree. The song of raintree county johnny greens raintree county the great almost american novel becomes the great american film score.
Raintree county by ross lockridge jr vintage 60s dell paperback. This book contains a collection of stories, remembrances, and photos connected with the book, film, and county. The novel, set in fictional raintree county, indiana, is essentially in two parts. Raintree county was written by ross lockridge jr, and published by houghton mifflin company. Buy a cheap copy of raintree county book by ross lockridge jr for the first time in paperback the epic, great american novel about love, tragedy, and the american dream. Skeleton key to the suicide of my father, ross lockridge. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Luxembourg book king county library system bibliocommons. A numberone bestseller when it was first published in 1948, this powerful novel is a compelling vision of 19thcentury america with timeless resonance today. Raintree county, the first novel by ross lockridge, jr. Its the great american novel every newspaperman dreams. Accompanied by a near fine copy of a later printing that same year signed by the author.
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