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often was made to feel alienated there because of his German heritage. Furthermore, the family reputation was assaulted by town gossip that George
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in 1981, Jay Miles Karr, an
English professor at Westminster College, found in Bellamann's private papers notes for what was referred to as "the Fulton novel." According to Karr, living in Fulton had inflicted a "psychic wound" on the young Bellamann, one he exorcised decades later with his pen. He
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In one location, however, the novel and its subsequent movie adaptation proved to be most controversial: Bellamann's hometown of Fulton, Missouri. It was not long before the citizenry of Fulton began to look around and realize
Bellamann's fictional town was in fact a reinterpretation of their small
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The story of Drake McHugh and his best friend Parris
Mitchell coming of age in a sleepy midwest American town of the 1890s was by far Henry Bellamann's most recognized work. Exposing hypocrisy and small-town secrets, the novel deals with themes of mental illness, incest, homosexuality, suicide,
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city. "Aberdeen
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in Fulton for a year then moved to
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exposed the hypocrisy of small-town life in the midwest, addressing many social taboos. Research suggested that
Bellamann was working off resentment of his upbringing in
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as Drake McHugh. Movie critics consider Reagan's performance in the film to be his best, and it was one of his favorite roles. In fact, he titled his 1965 autobiography
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gender equality in relationships, and sadistic vengeance. Such themes were still somewhat taboo in early 20th-century
American literature, but not unheard of.
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but died of a heart attack in their New York City home in June 1945 before its completion. His wife
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after one of his key lines in the movie, where a shocked and horrified McHugh discovers that both of his legs have been amputated.
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to parents George Henrik and Caroline (Krahenbuhl) Bellamann. After graduation from Fulton High School in 1899, he attended
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in the works. Released in 1942, with some of the more controversial portions of the novel adulterated to satisfy the
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