Raintree County - A TREASURY OF Short Stories - HOW TO TELL WHETHER YOU ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THIS BOOK-DIVIDEND

Sep 29, 2026

Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr. is presented alongside editorial comments describing it as a major literary event of 1948. Henry Seidel Canby outlines the novel’s plot and setting, emphasizing American youth from the 1840s to the 1890s and flashbacks contained within a single day in 1892. The text also includes a December and January book-dividend program, with eligibility rules for members and notes about how to receive the featured volume.

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The Book-Dividend for DECEMBER & JANUARY

A TREASURY OF Short Stories

HOW TO TELL WHETHER YOU ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THIS BOOK-DIVIDEND

Raintree County

What is its plot?

What is its locale?

Book-of-the-21Konth Club2Ceus四ecember 1947 MARYGROVE COLLEGE LIBRARYDETROIT,MICHIGAN The reproducton on the front couer isMadonna and Chil with St Francs and S.faomeby FRANCIA Courteye York Metropolitan Museum of Art—Scc inside of back cover for destnptiorЁотояас Воаво огтнебоокортнв-моУгНсЬОDorothy CanfeldСктов ГаатапJohn P MrquandChristorler MorleyHcnry Seidel Canby,CEarman о о ое о оеое Raintree County BY Ross Lockridge,Jr. This first novel was recently the winner,out of hundreds ofentries,of the $I25,000 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Literary Award,and issure to be generally regarded as one of the major literary events of 1948.Our five judges were impressed with its unusual qualities.Like such famousbooks-of-the-month as Gone With the Wind and Anthony Adverse,it islong,full,rich with historical incident and characterization.It is a storyof Midwestern youth growing up in the Civil War period and afterward..."the author's analysis,"says Dorothy Canfield,"of how an idealisticyoung American felt about the Civil War confirms what my parents alwaystold me.”John Marquand calls it"a fine picture of America,of the drives,the hopes and the tragedies that have made our country great.”CliftonFadiman remarks especially on"its warm feeling for the very core ofMidwestishness,"and Henry Canby,who reports in full on the book,says:“”There may be more classical,more profound novels published this year,but certainly none more remarkable.” (RETAIL PRICE$3·75) # The Book-Dividend for DECEMBER &JANUARY A TREASURY OFShort Stories Favorites of the past hun-dred years—fromTurgenevto Thurber,from Balzacto Hemingway-with bio-graphical sketches by BERNARDINE KIELTY BERNARDINE KIELTY Retail Price $395 # HOW TO TELL WHETHER YOU ARE ENTITLEDTO RECEIVE THIS BOOK-DIVIDEND This will be distributed among members during the month of December;it willalso be obtainable as a book-dividend during January.You will be entitled to thisas a book-dividend—if (since receiving your last book-dividend)you have alreadypurchased one book-of-the-month or Special Members'Edition and buy a secondin December or January.A purchase of the current book-of-the-month,or of anypast book-of-the-month or of any Special Members³Edition,counts toward book-dividends.(See list on page 24.)Dual selections count as a single purchase. NOTE:If you are a nezo subscriber,and receiced a fre book with your first purchase,you urill be entitled to this book-dicidend a:d will recise it automatically,if you purchase t:to more books-of-the-month or Special Members³EditionsufLhin Me monchs fDscembcr ad Jumary. RAINTREE COUNTY“You can be guaranteed an experience” It's a long absorbing story portraying the hopesfears,and life-experiences of Middle Westernpeople during the Civil War and afterwards.. A Report by Henry Seidel Canby THERE may be moreclassical,more pro-found,novels pub-lished this year,butcertainly none moreremarkable thanRaintree County.We have had nosuch eruption of theAmerican imagina- HENRY SEIDEL CANBY tion since Tom Wolfe's day. What is its plot?I shall make no attemptto follow it here,because Raintree Countyis the story of American youth as it wasformed in the days of the old Republicwhich was transformed in the Civil War intosomething far bigger,but not necessarily bet-ter.It is American youth growing up fromthe 184o's to the 18go's. What is its locale?Indiana,the hcartlandof America.I am a born and bred Easternermyself,but this novel makes me understandbetter than any history why the Middle Westhas been the pulse of the United States.Butthe story goes wherever the Indiana boys andgirls wentto Ncw York,to New Orleans,toWashington,on Sherman's march throughGeorgia,and ever home again and again toRaintree County.Yet the whole scope ofthis extensive novel is contained in one dayin 1892,when Waycross'favorite son andpolitical hero comes back to Waycross for amemorial celebration.All the happenings of the fifty years are flashbacks of vivid memoryof

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What is Raintree County described as in the document?

It is described as a long, rich novel portraying Midwestern youth during and after the Civil War, regarded as one of the major literary events of 1948.

How does Henry Seidel Canby explain the novel’s structure?

He states the whole extensive scope is contained in one day in 1892, while the earlier fifty years appear as flashbacks.

How does the document define eligibility for the December & January book-dividend?

Eligibility requires that, since receiving the last book-dividend, the member has purchased one book-of-the-month (or Special Members’ Edition) and buys a second one in December or January; dual selections count as a single purchase.

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