CROSS CREEK : The Story of the Yearling Country and Its People
by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. Near Fine/None. Edward Shenton (Illustrator). Text/NEW & Bright, showing faint discoloration. Vintage 1942 Charles Schribner's Printing. DJ/None. Silver embossed, green line boards/NF; sound, showing fading to spine & browning to back spine edge. Cross Creek was home to novelist Marjorie Rawlings (1896 - 1953), and, from where she authored "The Yearling", 1939 Pulitzer Prize for fiction & adapted to film by MGM --- the heart-wrenching story of a father killing a boy's pet fawn to preserve the family's already meager farm crops. Located in rural inner Florida during the Great Depression where natural wildlife still flourished unimpeded ,even as men had barely enough to put on their tables. In scattered homesteads, white & African-American farmers & fishermen, so many driven to drink that ranks among the already present moonshiners exploded. 368 pgs. A candid autobiography & vivd social history, the book is testifies to both Rawlings' sensitive eye for natural wildlife e & man as well their incessant needs for physical sustenance even when all else fails. Fine copy less dustjacket..
Synopsis
Originally published in 1942, Cross Creek has become a classic in modern American literature. For the millions of readers raised on The Yearling, here is the story of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's experiences in the remote Florida hamlet of Cross Creek, where she lived for thirteen years. From the daily labors of managing a seventy-two-acre orange grove to bouts with runaway pigs and a succession of unruly farmhands, Rawlings describes her life at the Creek with humor and spirit. Her tireless determination to overcome the challenges of her adopted home in the Florida backcountry, her deep-rooted love of the earth, and her genius for character and description result in a most delightful and heartwarming memoir.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- CROSS CREEK : The Story of the Yearling Country and Its People
- Author
- Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
- Illustrator
- Edward Shenton (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Pinting
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 368
- Keywords
- Depression Years, Autobiography, Memoir, Florida, Social Studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Memoir;
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