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Raintree County background texts
An
Illustrated Historical Atlas of Henry Co. Indiana, 1875, Compiled
Drawn & Published from Personal Examination & Surveys
by Higgins Belden & Co. (Chicago, 1875)
With a lengthy inscription in ink by Elsie Shockley Lockridge
(ESL) on the title page, this Shockley family volume contains
some family history and the relationship of this atlas to it.
An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Raintree County enters
greatly into the plot of the novel from the very beginning; the
novel could, with some hyperbole, be described as a narrative
version of this very atlas. Illustrations of the Henry County
courthouse and of two local farm estates are reproduced on the
inside front and back covers of Raintree County. [Case
2]
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Ross Lockridge, Jr.'s original art work for Raintree County: Map drafted in pencil of Raintree County. Original pencil sketch of published dust jacket. Original pencil sketch: "Miss Theresa O'Rourke," renamed Laura Golden in Raintree County. [Case 4]