The Yearling

Name: The Yearling
Author: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Coming-of-age novel of a Florida boy and his wild deer, exploring loss and maturation

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings wrote The Yearling, one of the most beloved American novels of the twentieth century, set in the Florida scrublands she documented with passionate fidelity. Her memoir Cross Creek is a classic of place writing.

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