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  Raintree County is a sweeping historical novel that explores the life of a young man in Indiana during the tumultuous years leading up to the American Civil War.

  
  

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  Genres Historical Fiction, Drama

  Original language: en

  Stars

  John Wickliff Shawnessy

  Evelyn

  Mr. Shawnessy

  Mrs. Shawnessy

  Creators

  Ross Lockridge (author)

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