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| Author | Ross Lockridge Jr. |
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| Illustrator | John V. Morris |
| Cover artist | Ross Lockridge Jr. |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Set in | Raintree County, Indiana (fictional), mid to late 19th century |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | January 5th, 1948 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 1066 |
| Awards | MGM 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.