hanging. Other storylines follow Leslie Harrington, owner of the local woolen mills, whose son Rodney dies in a car accident, as well as newspaper man Seth Buswell. Adaptations and character portrayals Peyton Place was first adapted as a film in 1957 and entirely recast for its 1961 sequel Return to Peyton Place. It was followed by the soap operas Peyton Place (1964–1969) and Return to Peyton Place (1972–1974), and the made-for-television movies Murder in Peyton Place (1977) and Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985). Note: See also Illegitimacy in fiction Footnotes Further reading Callahan, Michael. "Peyton Place's Real Victim", Vanity Fair (March 2006) p. 332 Cameron, Ardis. Unbuttoning America: A Biography of "Peyton Place" (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2015) . 240 pages. Also available at JSTOR. Hirsh-Dickinson, Sally. "Dirty whites and dark secrets: Sex and race in "Peyton Place" (University of New Hampshire, 2007) External links 1956 American novels 1956 debut novels Adultery in novels American novels adapted into films American novels adapted into television shows Censored books Incest in fiction Julian Messner books Novels set in New Hampshire Novels set in New York City Novels set in the 1930s Novels set in the 1940s Patricide in fiction Rape in fiction Fiction about suicide Works about classism Novels about abortion