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The Yearling
The Yearling
Author: Edward Shenton (Illustrator), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
In this classic story of the Baxter family of inland Florida and their wild, hard, satisfying life, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has written one of the great novels of our times. A rich and varied story -- tender in its understanding of boyhood, crowded with the excitement of the backwoods hunt, with vivid descriptions of the primitive, beautiful ha...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780895774361
ISBN-10: 0895774364
Publication Date: 1/1993
Pages: 362
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  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 5
50th Anniversary Edition - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A literary sensation when originally published fifty years ago, The Yearling has gone on to become a classic work of American literature. This is a timeless story of backwoods Florida and the tender relationship of a young boy and his tame fawn has continued to delight and enthrall readers of all ages.
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Helpful Score: 4
Rawling's description of the Florida wilderness is wonderful. A really heartwarming, easy read.
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Helpful Score: 2
This book is a great story!
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Helpful Score: 2
Oh my, if this book doesn't break your heart, the movie (with Gregory Peck as the father) will. A great book, but bring your box of Kleenex.
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This is one of the first (what I considered) big boy books I read when I was little and just got done reading it again 40 something years later. All I will say is it will bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye before you are done.
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a favorite story that depicts jody moving from childhood, to adolescence and forward. very moving and refreshing in its innocence and spirit.
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Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1939, this novel of backwoods Florida and the tender relationship of a young boy and his tame fawn has become a classic work of American literature. Decorations are by Edward Shenton.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings began writing at the age of eleven.
Following graduation from collage in 1918, she wrote advertisments and news copy for two papers, and from 1925 to 1927 her poems were syndicated in newspapers. In 1939 she won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Yearling", her third novel. She continued publishing fiction untill her death in 1953.


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