Cross Creek - by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published in 1942, this delightful memoir offers a warm and wonderful evocation of the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling and other books. "The novelist's awareness has touched people and place and incident, and the result is beauty and laughter and poignancy and truth".--New York Times Book Review. Woodcut illustrations.

Book Synopsis

Cross Creek is the warm and delightful memoir about the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings--author of The Yearling--in the Florida backcountry.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.

Review Quotes

The Atlantic Monthly It is hard to see how anyone can read Cross Creek without pleasure amounting to glee.