Raintree County (novel)

Raintree County
First edition cover
AuthorRoss Lockridge Jr.
IllustratorJohn V. Morris
Cover artistRoss Lockridge Jr.
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical fiction
Set inRaintree County, Indiana (fictional), mid to late 19th century
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
Publication date
January 5th, 1948
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages1066
AwardsMGM Book of the Year Award
813.54

Raintree County is a novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. published in 1948. It tells the story of a small-town Midwestern teacher and poet named John Shawnessy, who, in his younger days before his service as a Union soldier in the Civil War, met and married a beautiful Southern belle; however, her emotional instability leads to the destruction of their marriage.


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