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Ross Franklin Lockridge Jr. (April 25, 1914 – March 6, 1948) was an American writer known for his novel Raintree County (1948). The novel became a bestseller and has been praised by readers and critics alike. [1] [2] Some have considered it a "Great American Novel". [3] Lockridge died by suicide at the peak of his novel's success at age 33. [4]
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.
In July 1947, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had purchased the film rights of Ross Lockridge Jr.'s unpublished manuscript for Raintree County for $150,000. Carey Wilson was immediately signed as producer, and prominent actors were considered for leading roles. In January 1948, the book was released and became a national bestseller.
Raintree County, a 1948 novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr. Raintree County (film) , a 1957 film starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor Topics referred to by the same term
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Mary Jane Ward was born August 27, 1905, in Fairmount, Indiana.Ward—a double cousin of author Ross Lockridge Jr.—maintained an interest in writing and music from an early age; as a teenager, she composed her own music, but would eventually choose writing as her main focus.
The first, Ross Lockridge, took his own life... The second, Thomas Heggen, drowned in his bathwater—an accident, it was claimed, but it was the accident of a desperate man.” [ 9 ] The character Mister Roberts was based on the Rotanin ' s executive officer , Donald House.
The novel Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr. was published. [12] Born: Wally Foreman, sports administrator and commentator, in Kalgoorlie, Australia (d. 2006); Charlie Hough, baseball player, in Honolulu, Hawaii; Ted Lange, actor and director, in Oakland, California; Died: Mary Dimmick Harrison, 89, second wife of US President Benjamin Harrison