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RAINTREE COUNTY Home Page--Contents, PLUS:
--Pablo Neruda: "I WISH THE
WOODCUTTER WOULD WAKE UP", Translated by Robert Bly
--Short Bio of the Novelist Ross
Lockridge, Jr.
Recent Acclaim for Ross Lockridge, Jr.'s 1948 novel -- 12 excerpts with 4 unabridged
reviews:
--Richard Dyer, Boston Globe
--Marcia Abramson, Detroit Free
Press
--Darshan Maini, The Tribune
--David Anderson, Society for the
Study of Midwestern Literature and Culture
Classic Reviews From 1948 of RAINTREE COUNTY -- listing
of 4 unabridged reviews:
--Encompassing the American Spirit, By Charles
Lee
--Flashing Vision of America Lost and Found, by James
Hilton
--Indiana Reflection of U. S. 1844-92, by Howard
M. Jones
--Lockridge Novel is Lusty Comedy--Indiana Epic Has Touch of
Thomas Wolfe, By Kelsey Guilfoil
--ESSAYS from the SSML's 50th Anniversary of Raintree County CONFERENCE (an SSML page with links)
--Other Raintree County book cover images: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Japan, BOMC
THE BIOGRAPHY : SHADE OF THE RAINTREE, by Larry Lockridge:
Reviews: Shade of the Raintree, 19
excerpts with 4 full reviews:
--Kirkus Reviews, By Donald Newlove
--The Boston Globe, By Richard Dyer
--The Philadelphia Inquirer, By Donald
Newlove
--Los Angeles Times, By Richard Bausch
WRITINGS SELECTED from SHADE OF THE RAINTREE:
--Contents and Selected Passages
--On the movie, from Epilogue, pp. 15--18.
--Author in the Epic, pp. 271--309
OTHER WRITINGS APROPOS BY LARRY LOCKRIDGE:
--Least Likely Suicide: The Search for
My Father, Ross Lockridge, Jr.
--Biography and Enigma: The Case of Ross
Lockridge, Jr.
LARRY LOCKRIDGE--SYNOPSIS ON, & OTHER BOOKS & WRITINGS.
THE NOVEL: SELECTED WRITINGS FROM RAINTREE COUNTY:
--For The Reader (and) Chronology
of A GREAT DAY for RAINTREE COUNTY, July 4, I892.
--Chronology of some Historical Events
with Bearing on the Story of RAINTREE COUNTY
--Dawn--MR. JOHN WICKLIFF SHAWNESSY
awakens in the town of Waycross.
--Selections from Raintree County
read in memory of Vernice Baker Lockridge.
--Excerpts from a reading given by
Larry Lockridge, July 2, 1995 at The Poet Tree in New York.
--A postbellum litany.
--Concerning American Politics (1872
/ 1892)
--War, said the Perfessor, is the
most monstrous of all human illusions.
--Train doesn't know the earth it passes
over.
--Summer was his season and his temple.
--The Perfessor stopped and took a drink....
--"We pumped a cold fifty thousand
into his campaign fund." -- the profane financier Cash
Carney and The Great Strike of 1877.
--Hard roads and wide will run through
Raintree County, and its ancient boundaries will dissolve.
People will hunt it on the map, and it won't be there.
--The world
is still full of divinity and strangeness, Mr. Shawnessy
said.
--Black had builded this republic.
--I will never be converted again, Brother
Jarvey. --Esther Shawnessy. The Reverend Lloyd G.
Jarvey -- ten passages from Raintree County.
OTHER WRITINGS BY ROSS LOCKRIDGE, JR.:
DREAM SECTION:
--About The Dream Section,
From: SHADE OF THE RAINTREE, By Larry Lockridge,
--Selections from: THE DREAM
SECTION
--an Outline of
"The Dream", Ross Lockridge, Jr.
LETTERS (on facsimiles
page) from Ross Lockridge, Jr. (from Paris, age 19-20, described):
--Paris: April 30, 1934 & transcribed &
Facsimile, p. 1 and p.
2 "I'm now installed at my new residence, 4bis Rue d'Ulm,
Paris...."
--Oct 8, 1933 p1, 2
- "Before I give you the latest developments along the
European front . . . ."
--Oct. 23, 1933 p1, 2
- "I write this letter in the gray of Paris morning
. . . ."
--Nov. 3, 1933 p1, 2,
3, 4,
5 - "This is going to be a huge
letter . . . ."
--Nov. 19, 1933 p1, 2,
3, 4 -
"Work at the Sorbonne now promises to be very exacting .
. . ."
--Feb. 10, 1934 p1, 2,
3, 4 -
"Have you felt any alarm over the exasperated condition
of Paris?"
--May 9, 1934 p.1 & p.2:
"I'm hitting mean weather just at present in my school work
. . . ."
THE DREAM OF THE FLESH OF IRON:
--On the The Dream of the Flesh of Iron,
from Shade of the Raintree, by Larry Lockridge, pp. 183-90.
Selections of planning notes for:
--They Earn a Living, 2 pages
notes facsimile (313 k)
--Those Who Sleep, 2 pages
notes facsimile (352 k)
--The Pyre, notes facsimile
(176 k)
--The Rains Come, notes facsimile
(139 k)
Selection from The Dream of the Flesh of Iron:
--"The Strike"--V, pp.
122-4
OTHER WRITINGS ALSO INCLUDING:
--Facsimiles of Notes on James Joyce--Sept.
1942 (371 k), and Spring 1943
(429 k).
--"Rhapsody in Words,"
an engaging short piece, written on Ross Lockridge, Jr.'s twenty-third
birthday.
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. Notes on Thomas
Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. Notes on John Dos
Passos
PHOTOS
OF ROSS LOCKRIDGE, JR., FAMILY, FRIENDS, ANCESTORS:
--John Wesley Shockley with a copy of "The Indianapolis
News."
--Elsie Shockley in a college portrait, 1899.
--Vernice Baker in 1928, aged fourteen.
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. in the Bay of Naples, January, 1934.
--Ross, Jr. in Campo Santo, Genoa, winter of 1934.
--Ross, Jr. at typewriter,
in his mid-twenties. [Postcard]
--Ross, Jr. at the Old
Home Place, summer of 1946. [Postcard]
--Cousin Mary Jane Ward,
author of "The Snake Pit",
with Ross, Jr.
--Ross, Jr. with his father, camping in the summer of 1942.
--Ross, Jr. beside Eel river, summer of 1946.
--An Album of RAINTREE COUNTY
--7 images (607 K)
--Ross Jr., first known photo, aged one,
1915 (98 k)
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, 1923 (156 k)
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. passport picture
for his year at the Sorbonne, 1933-34. (59 k)
--Ross, Jr., as President of Chess Team
1935-1936. (117k)
--Vernice Baker, shortly before her marriage
to Ross Lockridge, Jr., 1937. (98 k)
--Malcolm Correll & Ross Lockridge,
Jr., 1937. (176 k)
--Life in a log cabin--Ross Lockridge
& Vernice Baker, 1937
--Poets Longfellow and Lockridge,
May 1941 (78 k)
--The Lake Gang 1941 (215 k)
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. and Vernice Baker,
August 1941 (117 k)
--Vernice, Larry, & Ross, Jr.,
January 31, 1943(98 k)
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. Writing in his
outdoor office, Summer, 1942. (98 k)
--Ross, Jr., Ernest, in Front of the Lockridge
Home, August 1942 (137 k)
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. walking the countryside
-- Bloomington, Ind. 1942 (78 k)
--Ross, Jr. with Ernest at the River
Charles, Boston, Oct. 31, 1942. (59 k)
--Ross, Jr. with son Larry
on the boy's third birthday, summer of 1945. (157 k)
--Ross and Vernice Lockridge at the Shockley
home in Straughn, (Henry County) summer of 1946
--Ross Lockridge, Jr., publicity photograph,
1947 (156 k)
--Ross Lockridge, Jr., book signing,
last known photo of the author, January, 1948. (98 k)
--Elizabeth Taylor on the Raintree County
movie set in Danville, Kentucky, 1956. (137 k)
--Photo, Between takes,
the picnic scene, Danville,
Kentucky, 1956. (137 k)
--Liz Taylor on Location, summer
of 1956
--Monty Clift and Eva Marie Saint
on Location, summer 1956
--Monty Clift and Liz Taylor in Character
--Eva Marie Saint and Vernice Lockridge,
at the 1957 film premiere. (78 k)
--Raintree in full bloom at the Lockridge
home, Summer 1962. With 6 cropped images. (333 k)
--John Shockley with siblings including
Elisha Shockley in Civil War uniform. (137 k)
--John Shockley with his students
in Straughn, Indiana, 1893 (176 k)
--Ross Lockridge, SENIOR, in a characteristic
pose, historian, books listed (234 k)
--Susannah Duke (1844-77) (59
k)
RC SOURCES
/ FACSIMILES Page:
Selected Source Materials for RAINTREE COUNTY and Sketches By
Ross Lockridge, Jr.
SKETCHES:
--Town of Waycross, map by Ross Lockridge,
Jr. & as Published (37 k)
--Original Raintree County Map Sketch by
the Author (73k & as
Published (65k)
--"The Riddle of Raintree County"
Cover Sketch by the Author (77k)
--Raintree County Cover Sketch (62k)
--Sketch by Ross Lockridge, Jr. :Danwebster
Graveyard
LETTERS (FACSIMILES)
--Ross Lockridge, Jr. facsimiles
of 7 letters from Paris, 1933-4 (age 19-20). Includes letter
from Paris, April 30, 1934--Facsimile,
(p. 1 - p. 2) - Significance
of & Transcription.
--RL, Jr. Shorthand Example (84k)
--Article on RLJr. Gregg shorthand with samples, "Unlocking
the Lockridge Diaries", by Mary Louise Gilman.
--Ross Lockridge, Jr.'s attention to
details of historic accuracy & notes
for moon position evening of July 4, 1892
NOTES by Ross Lockridge, Jr. (Facsimiles): On
James Joyce--Sept. 1942 (371 k), and Spring
1943 (429 k).
John Wesley Shockley (character source):
--The Dance of the Bottles by John Wesley
Shockley (358k)
--Emma Rhoton and John Wesley Shockley's letters (links
4 letters in Facsimile & Transcription)
--Poem, "A Summer Dream," by
John W. Shockley
--Poem, "...'Tis Summer and the days
are long." By John W. Shockley
William B. Shockley (character source):
--"Tobacco", Poem by William B.
Shockley (1801-76), p. 1: p. 2, p. 3.
--From "Book of Miscellanies" by William B. Shockley:
botanical recipes on Cathartics;
and Reasons for believing.
Illustrated Historical Atlas of Henry County, Indiana 1875
ESSAYS
ON NOVEL, RAINTREE COUNTY:
(Includes Collections, and Synopsis for further reading. This
Essays page includes brief descriptions of items linked)
--The Return To Raintree County, by David
D. Anderson.
--Raintree County and the Epicising Poet In American Fiction,
by Leonard Lutwack.
--Author in the Epic, by Larry Lockridge,
From: Shade of the Raintree.
--Biography and Enigma: The Case of Ross Lockridge, Jr., by Larry Lockridge.
--Raintree County and the Power of Place, by Fred
Erisman.
--The Presence of the Past in the Heartland: Raintree County
Revisited, by Joel M. Jones.
--Ross Lockridge, Raintree County, and the Epic of Irony,
By Gerald C. Nemanic.
--Blurred Boundaries and the Desire For Nationalism in Ross Lockridge's
Raintree County, by Dean Rehberger.
--The Southern Myth in Ross Lockridge, Jr's Raintree County,
by Patricia Ward Julius.
--Seed of the Raintree: Raintree County and Postwar Environmental
Fiction, 1945-1960, by Fred Waage.
--Taxes in the Shade of the Raintree, by J.
Fred Giertz.
--"Myth as Structure in Raintree County", an
assay by David
Aline.
--MYTH, MEMORY, AND THE AMERICAN EARTH:
THE DURABILITY OF RAINTREE COUNTY, A Collection of
Critical Essays, Edited by David D. Anderson. Preface & Contents.
--MIDWESTERN MISCELLANY XXVI (Spring
1998). A collection of essays observing the fiftieth anniversary
of Raintree County, Edited by David D. Anderson, with
Preface, Contents and Larry Lockridge's
Informal Responses.
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS ON ROSS LOCKRIDGE, JR., (Biography, Significance, Selected Works, Further Reading) from the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature (DML).
AWARD: THE ROSS LOCKRIDGE, JR. IU FOUNDATION AWARD
SUICIDE
& PREVENTION: (& last known photograph of Ross Lockridge,
Jr.)
--Essay: Least Likely Suicide, keynote
address, American Association of Suicidologists,1995, by Larry
Lockridge, PhD.
--Prevention (link): American
Association of Suicidology
--Prevention (link): American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention
--Prevention (link): National
Mental Health Association
--Photo: Ross Lockridge, Jr. & Vernice
Baker Lockridge at MGM Studios, 1947.
--From SHADE OF THE RAINTREE by Larry Lockridge, on THE MOVIE
Photos, between takes:
--Elizabeth Taylor on the Raintree County
movie set in Danville, Kentucky, 1956.
--Eva Marie Saint as Nell in the movie--on
the set with hairdresser--
--Between takes, the picnic scene,
Danville, Kentucky, 1956.
--Liz Taylor on Location, summer
of 1956
--Monty Clift and Eva Marie Saint
on Location, summer 1956
--Monty Clift and Liz Taylor in Character
RAINTREE COUNTY FILM DATABASE INFORMATION [Links]:
--The Internet Movie Database: Search "Raintree County"
for listings.
--All-Movie Guide: Search "Raintree County" for listings.
--"The Incomparable Nat King Cole" [Not available--Info.
only.]
--On the Ultra Panavision/MGM Camera 65mm project
--Gallery of Production Stills, via Wide Screen Museum
SOUNDTRACK INFORMATION:
--Soundtrack (SCORE BY JOHN GREEN):
analysis by Ross Care in Performing Arts--Motion Pictures,
The Library of Congress, 1998..
--Raintree County Music Reviewed
by Ross Care, 2006
--Soundtrack availability news
--Piano music for "The Song of Raintree
County." Robbins Music Corporation's 1957 sheet music
publication in facsimile. (216 k)
VIDEO SALES [Links]:
--CDNow: for movie sales.
--Videoflicks: Search "Raintree County" for movie sales.
--Stephen V. Russell's Raintree
County Movie Memorabilia with a Remembrance.
--Movie Collector's World
BOOK ORDERS: for Raintree County
--RAINTREE COUNTY [CORRECTED EDITION] Amazon
--RAINTREE COUNTY--Used Hardcover Links
--SHADE OF THE RAINTREE--Order Indiana University Press Edition
HERE
--SHADE OF THE RAINTREE Viking Penguin PAPERBACK-- to Cover
Image -- Amazon.Customer
Reviews & Used
--Unabridged AUDIO EDITION of RAINTREE COUNTY read by Lloyd James
--RAINTREE COUNTY in BRAILLE (# BR 10207) in 10 volumes. Listed in Braille Book Review--Jan.-Feb. 1997
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