Raintree County Volume 6
Lockridge, Ross2007
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In a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls the great moments of his life - from the love affairs of his youth in Indiana, to the battles of the Civil War, to the politics of the Gilded Age, to his homecoming as schoolteacher, husband, and father. Yet here on the banks of the Shawmucky River, he also feels and obeys ancient rhythms. Throughout a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls the great moments of his life-from the love affairs of his youth in Indiana, to the battles of the Civil War, to the politics of the Gilded Age, to his homecoming as schoolteacher, husband, and father. Shawnessy is the epitome of the place and period in which he lives, a rural land of springlike women, shady gamblers, wandering vagabonds, and soapbox orators. Yet here on the banks of the Shawmucky River, which weaves its primitive course through Raintree County, Indiana, he also feels and obeys ancient rhythms. A number-one bestseller when it was first published in 1948, this powerful novel is a compelling vision of 19th-century America with timeless resonance today.
Main title:
Raintree County Volume 6 / Ross Lockridge, Herman Wouk.
Author:
Lockridge, Ross, authorWouk, Herman, author
Work:
Imprint:
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2007.
Collation:
1088 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781556527104
Language:
English
BRN:
786068