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The Yearling

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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A child, a fawn, and life in the Florida backwoods

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    Pulitzer Prize–winning book

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A child, a fawn, and life in the Florida backwoods

Set amid the demands of subsistence farming in the Florida backwoods, the novel follows young Jody Baxter after he brings an orphaned fawn, Flag, into his family. The family’s efforts to contend with wildlife and hardship place Jody’s attachment to the animal within a larger picture of rural life and its practical limits. The source describes a keepsake edition that includes N. C. Wyeth’s original oil paintings, along with a soft-touch cover, gold foiling, and tip-in artwork.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in classic fiction about a child’s bond with an animal.
  • Readers drawn to stories of family life and subsistence farming in a rural setting.
  • Collectors interested in illustrated editions featuring N. C. Wyeth artwork.

Themes

Child–animal bondFamily lifeRural hardshipComing of age

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Book overview

An American classic--and Pulitzer Prize-winning story--that shows the ultimate bond between child and pet, now in a lush keepsake edition.

No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. When young Jody Baxter adopts and orphaned fawn he calls Flag, he makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend.

There has been a film and even a musical based on this moving story, a fine work of great American literature which won Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings a Pulitzer Prize. Complete with N.C. Wyeth's original oil paintings, this glowing work features a soft touch cover, gold foiling, and tip-in artwork.
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