The yearling 1938 book

First edition points to identify the yearling by marjorie. Clean and tight throughout with charming colored endpapers of jody coaxing the yearling along. Rawlingss editor was maxwell perkins, who also worked with f. The yearling is a 1938 novel written by marjorie kinnan rawlings. The owners name on 1st page also the price sticker from store that it was purchased, no other writing. The book measures approximately 8 14 in length, 5 34 wide and 1 14 inches thick with 428 pages. What is the value of the yearling 1938 edition answers. The yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings, first edition. The yearling is a coming of age book set in the hardscrabble scrub of florida around the turn of the century. Jody baxter is a boy growing up with his mom and dad in the backwoods of florida during the turn of the century, the former one, not y2k.

The yearling was awarded the pulitzer prize in 1939. It was the bestselling novel in america in 1938 and the seventhbest in 1939. A lovely ed of this classic with 14 glossy color plates by n. Jody is an only child in a poor family who desperately wants a pet. Marjorie kinnan rawlings was an awardwinning american author who lived in rural florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. The yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings 1938 literary. The story of a young boy and his pet fawn is as beloved as ever, and visiting marjorie kinnan rawlings historic state park is an excellent way to discover the authentic florida far from the. It has been translated into spanish, chinese, french, japanese, german, italian, russian and 22 other languages. Edward shenton a young boy living in the florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet. The yearling, novel by marjorie kinnan rawlings, published in 1938 and awarded a pulitzer prize in 1939 set in the backwoods of northern florida, the story concerns the relationship between 12yearold jody baxter and flag, the fawn he adopts. In this classic story of the baxter family and their wild, hard, and satisfying life in remote central florida, majorie kinnan rawlings has written one of the great novels of our times.

Marjorie kinnan rawlings 18961953 lived for twentyfive years in cross creek, florida, the area that is the setting for the yearling, which was awarded the pulitzer prize in 1939. It is rawlings best known work and won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1939. The yearling is a touching, suspenseful, and realistic story about a boy caught between love for his pet and responsibility to his family. The yearling, a 1938 novel by marjorie kinnan rawlings 1896 1953, was the most successful work by this american author. An instant bestseller when it was released in 1938, this pulitzer prize winner has been read and loved by school aged children across the nation for more than 50 years. I have a 1938 edition of the yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings and wondered its value. When marjorie kinnan rawlings published her novel the yearling in 1938, it was an almost instant success, winning her a legion of readers as well as the pulitzer prize. I have an original first edition book the yearling signed by the author. Her best known work, the yearling, about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn, won a pulitzer prize for fiction in 1939 and was later made into a movie of the same title, the yearling.

The yearling is the 1938 novel written by marjorie kinnan rawlings. Rawlings struggled to gain a foothold in the literary world and made no secret that she found writing to be a difficult task. The yearling is a novel by marjorie kinnan rawlings published in march 1938. It was an immediate bestseller and won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1939. The yearling book won the pulitzer prize for fiction. I have a 1938 edition of the yearling by arjorie kinnan rawlings and wondered its value. The yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings first edition. Her best known work, the yearling, about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn, won a pulitzer prize for fiction in 1939 and was later made into a movie of the same name. The yearling book by marjorie kinnan rawlings official. It centers around a young boy named jody growing up in. The yearling 1938 by florida author marjorie kinnan rawlings is a childrens novel about a boy who cares for a recently orphaned baby dear.

The yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings librarything. The novel follows a year in the life of this playful and sensitive boya year filled with adventure and danger, loss and loneliness. Edward shenton a young boy living in the florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a. The book was written in 1938, by someone who loved where she lived, and about a subject she was well versed in, and her writing dislpays this love and knowledge throughout. Her best known work, the yearling, published in 1938 and edited by maxwell perkins, won the 1939. It is filled with the embarrassment and delight felt by a 12yearold boy named jody baxter. The yearling was the main selection of the book of the month club in april 1938.

The original paintings have been rephotographed and new plates made for this handsome volume. It won the pulitzer in 1938 and is often taught at the middle school level. She is the author of several earlier novels as well as a memoir, cross creek, which inspired the acclaimed motion picture of the same name. The yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings is a classic, first published in 1938 and still in print today. The yearling project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Outpost of freedomthe double imagethe yearlingthe century of the detectivethe way of the eagleso this is what happened to charlie moe readers digest condensed books, volume 1. In that wild, swampy, nearjungle country that is inland florida, marjorie kinnan rawlings has set another enchanting story. Find great deals on ebay for the yearling and the yearling 1938. It was the main selection of the book of the month club in april 1938.

As well as being the bestselling novel in america in 1938, it was the seventhbest in 1939. Marjorie kinnan rawlings august 8, 1896 december 14, 1953 was an american author who lived in rural florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. In 1938, europe was arming for a war into which the united states would inevitably be drawn. Quotes from the yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings 1938. Editions of the yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings. The yearling by marjorie kinnan rawlings overdrive. Winner of pulitzer prize in 1938, the yearling was made available the following year in a special edition illustrated by the distinguished american artist, n. I have a 1938 edition of the yearling by marjorie kinnan. Scott fitzgerald, ernest hemingway, and other literary luminaries.

As well as being the bestselling novel in america in 1938 it was the seventh best in 1939. Donlon wwarren rogers, helen macinnes, marjorie kinnan rawlings, jurgen thorwald, daniel p. It was the number one best seller for twentythree consecutive weeks in 1938. Fiction, juvenile fiction, deer, parent and child, post civil war, farm life, deer in fiction, parent and child in fiction, florida in fiction, farm life in fiction, wild animals as pets, boys in fiction, wild animals as pets in fiction, boys, deer as pets in fiction, legends and stories, deer as pets. The writing itslef shows how well she kmew her craft. Rawlings worked with famed editor maxwell perkins, who was also. Rawlings actually spends most of the book showing us how adorable the fawn a. Collecting the yearling by rawlings, marjorie kinnan. The yearling shouldnt have taken 2 weeks to finish but i kept coming up with other things to do instead of reading it. The book is attractively bound in oatmealcolored buckram cloth pictorially stamped in brown on the front boards and the spine. Marjorie kinnan rawlings historic state park preserves a.

To find the market value for this book, click on the prefilled ebay, abebooks, or biblio links to the right and look for comparable listings that have all of these first edition points. Marjorie kinnan rawlings historic state park preserves the world of that classic book, published in 1938 and which won the pulitzer prize in april 1939. When the fawn cannot be stopped from eating the familys crops, jodys father forces jody to shoot flag. The book was written long before the concept of youngadult fiction, but is now commonly marjorie kinnan rawlings was an american author who lived in rural florida. Was she the president of the we hate deer club, when she wrote the yearling in 1938. Picture of the 1938 first edition dust jacket for the yearling. The yearling, by marjorie kinnan rawlings, finds a place. The book was written long before the concept of young adult fiction, but is now commonly included in teenreading lists.