| Description |
1 online resource (542 pages) (xxiv, 499 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Summary |
Raintree County, the first novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr., was the publishing event of 1948. Excerpted in Life magazine, it was a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection, won MGM's Novel Award and a movie deal, and stood at the top of the nation's bestseller lists. Unfortunately, Lockridge's first novel was also his last. Two months after its publication the 33-year-old author from Bloomington, Indiana, took his own life. His son Larry was five years old at the time. Shade of the Raintree is Larry's search for an understanding of his father's baffling act. In this powerfully narrated biography, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lockridge, Ross, 1914-1948.
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| SUBJECT |
Lockridge, Ross, 1914-1948 fast |
| Subject |
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures.
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Novelists, American
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253012982 |
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0253012988 |
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