· Shade of the Raintree, Centennial Edition: The Life and Death of Ross Lockridge, Jr., author of Raintree County. Shade of the Raintree, Centennial Edition.: Raintree County, the . Shade of the Raintree -. The Life and Death of Ross Lockridge, Jr., author of Raintree County. via IU Press! Order Here: "In this powerfully narrated biography, Larry Lockridge uncovers a man of great vitality, humor, love, and visionary ambition, but also of deep vulnerability. Shade of the Raintree: The Life and Death of Ross Lockridge, Jr. Hardcover – April 1, by Larry Lockridge (Author) out of 5 stars. 9 ratings. See /5(9).
Read "Shade of the Raintree, Centennial Edition The Life and Death of Ross Lockridge, Jr., author of Raintree County" by Larry Lockridge available from Rakuten Kobo. Raintree County, the first novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr., was the publishing event of Excerpted in Life magazine, i. Larry Lockridge. Average rating: · 54 ratings · 20 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors. Shade of the Raintree: The Life and Death of Ross Lockridge, Jr. avg rating — 41 ratings — published — 7 editions. Want to Read. saving. Want to Read. Currently Reading. Read. Ross Lockridge, Jr. died a suicide at the age of thirty-three, just as his unagented debut novel, Raintree County, topped the nation's best-seller lists. He left a wife and four children. I was five at the time and didn't find out from my mother that it had been a suicide, not an accidental death, until I was eleven.
Shade of the Raintree: The Life and Death of Ross Lockridge, Jr. In , Ross Lockridge's novel Raintree County was a number one bestseller and acclaimed literary work. Yet, at the height of his fame at age 33, Lockridge killed himself. In a brilliant biography, his son Larry seeks understanding. The golden rain tree shines through the titles of Raintree Countyand Shade of the Raintree, and it is engraved in gold on the front cover of The Old Fauntleroy Home. Prior to writing his great novel, Ross Lockridge, Jr. had written A Pageant of New Harmony. Ross Franklin Lockridge Jr., was an American writer known for writing Raintree County. The novel, which quickly became a bestseller, was widely praised by readers and critics alike. Some have considered it a "Great American Novel." As the novel climbed high on the bestseller lists, Lockridge, at the peak of his fame, died by suicide at age
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