It destroyed Bobbie Lee to be fifteen. She had the sickening feeling that she'd be fifteen for thirty-five years. It killed her that Juliet had only been fourteen when she gave herself to Romeo. Fourteen! She was already fifteen, her body grown all snaky and hosting all sorts of private imaginings. And, recently, Billy Joe McAllister had stepped upon the stage—devilishly, passionately, and now—mysteriously.
She knew people were looking for him, but Billy Joe had sworn her to secrecy, to mention to no one that she had seen him twice since his disappearance, and was going to see him again—once he got back home. But she hadn't counted on the Bridge, that dark abomination. The Bridge—bloody murderer, destroyer of dreams, killer of boys.
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Ode to Billy Joe
On June 3, 1953, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Dell 3rd Printing, May 1976 ed.
by Herman Raucher
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''... she hadn't counted on the Bridge, that dark abomination. The Bridge--bloody murderer, destroyer of dreams, killer of boys. ...... ODE TO BILLY JOE''
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Ode to Billy Joe, Herman Raucher, Warner Bros., YA, Young adult, Teen, Fiction, Literature, Stories, Books, Romance, Screenplay, Movie, Motion Picture, Film, Drama, Tragedy, Suicide, Country, Music, Haunting, Ballad, Popular Music, NovelizationPlaces
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Ode to Billy Joe: On June 3, 1953, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
May 1976, Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
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- Dell 3rd Printing, May 1976 ed.
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Printed in The United States of America / Dell R TM 681510, Dell Publishing Co., Inc. / Published in March 1976, 2nd printing April 1976, 3rd printing May 1976.
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This screenplay tells the story of Bobbie Gentry's hit ballad, *Ode to Billie Joe*.
In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the Bridge still stands. And people still talk about that dusty June day in 1953 when, for no apparent reason, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Now, years after the whispers and rumors, the muddy Tallahatchie River gives up its secrets—the secrets within the haunting ballad that swept America. And bestselling author Herman Raucher writes a love story that is beautiful, tender, funny, joyous, and ultimately so heart-breaking, that you will never forget it.—BkCvr
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