Shade of the raintree : the life and death of Ross Lockridge, Jr., author of Raintree County / Larry Lockridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lockridge, Larry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Lockridge, Ross, 1914-1948.

Lockridge, Ross.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Edition:

Centennial edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

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,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Genealogy; Preface to the Centennial Edition; Acknowledgments; PART ONE; I: Epilogue Bloomington, Indiana, 1948-1993; II: ""Avenue of Elms"" Fort Wayne Days, 1914-1924; III: ""Legends in a Class-Day Album"" Early Bloomington Days, 1924-1933; IV: ""A Richly Laden Festal Board"" France and Italy, 1933-1934; V: ""Dream of the Flesh of Iron"" Bloomington, 1934-1940; Photograph sections; PART TWO; VI: Starting Over Cambridge, Bloomington, Boston, and Cape Ann, 1940-1943; VII: Writing Raintree County Boston, Cape Ann, and South Byfield, Fall, 1943-Spring, 1946

VIII: Author in the EpicIX: Snake Pit in Paradise Manistee, Michigan, Summer, 1946-Fall, 1947; X: ""Flu or Something"" Hollywood and Bloomington, Fall, Winter, 1947-1948; XI: ""Hail and Farewell at the Crossing"" Bloomington, March 6, 1948-Spring, 1948; Notes and Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 25, 2014).

ISBN:

9780253012982

0253012988

OCLC:

881257030