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No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and 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.
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Fighting off a pack of starving wolves, wrestling alligators in the swamp, romping with bear cubs, drawing off the venom of a giant rattlesnake bite with the heart of a fresh-killed deer--it''s all in a day''s work for the Baxter family of the Florida scrublands. But young Jody Baxter is not content with these electrifying escapades, or even with the cozy comfort of home with Pa and Ma. He wants a pet, a friend with whom he can share his quiet cogitations and his corn pone. Jody gets his pet, a frisky fawn he calls Flag, but that''s not all. With Flag comes a year of life lessons, frolicking times, and achingly hard decisions. This powerful book is as compelling now as when it was written over 60 years ago. Read simply as a naturalist study of the Florida interior, it fascinates and entices. Add the heart-stopping adventure and heart-wrenching human elements, and this is a classic well worth its Pulitzer Prize. Earthy dialect and homespun wisdom season the story, giving it a unique and unforgettable flavor, and N.C. Wyeth''s warm, soft illustrations capture an era of rough subsistence and sweet survival. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From AudioFile
In hard times Jody Baxter''s harsh world allows him one happiness, his fawn, Flag. Then brutal reality requires that he kill what he cherishes. Peter Strauss narrates the story, which consists of the conversations and thoughts of Jody and his father, Penny. Strauss''s empathy with Penny brings his character to life; Penny''s wise and determined character is clarified through Strauss''s strong, steady reading. His clear, mellow voice aptly portrays the kindness inside the steel-hard toughness necessary for survival. In contrast, Strauss also captures Jody''s youthful faltering and uncertainty. An excellent, thought-provoking reading of a classic. P.A.J. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The late Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was born on August 8, 1896 in Washington D.C., and lived there as a child, and on her father's farm in Maryland. She has said that she considers her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Yearling the most unified of her books. It had been in her mind for many years, and she spent five years gathering material for it. The actual writing took two years. The list of honors she received during her lifetime is very long and includes having three of her works chosen as Book-of-the-Month Club selections, receiving the Pulitzer Prize and the O'Henry Prize for The Yearling. She was also awarded honorary degrees from Rollins College, the University of Tampa, and the University of Florida. Mrs. Rawlings has left a literary legacy which includes seven novels, a cookbook, a host of short stories which appeared in the major national magazines, two radio scripts, and two movies, with The Yearling translated into sixteen languages. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Yearling is a work as this review evaluate that no novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling.
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As a young boy growing up in Florida, I was quite aware of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings classic novel, lovingly written while she was residing at a tiny community in east central Florida, now just a few miles from where I write this, called "Cross Creek" which was the title of a second book she authored, and then her book of annotated "old Florida" recipes called, "Cross Creek Cookery." The epic film made of "The Yearling" premiered at the Florida Theater in Sarasota, near Myakka Park where many of the scenes were filmed, with actors including Gregory Peck starring in the role of young Jody's stern, pioneer father. It has remained one of my favorite books, and I purchased this copy to include the original illustrations. I purchased the book as a gift to the young daughter of an acquaintance, who embodies the spirit of Jody, who originated in the author's mind as a young girl, the gender changed at the suggestion of the publishers who saw more acceptance by the reading public if it were so. The book remains an American classic, and should be on any serious student's reading list. Cross Creek is still there, not much changed from the river side community deep in the pine and oak woods, but now only minutes from Florida Route 301, an area I chose for my retirement, not much changed from the very early years of pioneer Florida, the background for the book. The author lovingly describes every detail of the lush surroundings, the bird and animal life, the magnificent trees and flowers, the pioneer life. The house where the author stayed for a year while writing it, is still there, and is now part of a State Park, dedicated to her memory, at Cross Creek.
If I were rating this book for the quality of the writing, it would be a hands-down five-star rating, but as a word-by-word measure of the pleasure I got out of reading the book, I have to give it four stars. There are so many compelling elements in this book that make it absolutely worth reading. The author's in-depth knowledge of life as it was in this neck of the woods at the time the story took place is phenomenal, along with her ability to convey it in great detail. It is the attention to detail when it comes to the descriptions of the natural environment that--while impressive and way beyond what I'd be able to do with environments with which I'm most familiar--almost led me to dismiss the book early on, led me to occasionally skim passages (which I would never do in a five-star book), and ultimately led to me to remove one star from my rating.
That being said, what kept me enthusiastic about reading the book was above all her ability to convey a sense of wonder in a growing boy, to keep the plot moving enough to make me curious about what would happen next, to tell an amazing story while bringing fascinating characters to life, and to vividly convey a very entertaining dialect. I'd love to be able to hang out for an evening and down some moonshine with these folks just to hear them talk. What continued to blow my mind was the fact that this book focused so deeply on a male perspective while being written by a woman--so much so that if this were written by a man it would now probably be censured for being misogynistic. Most of the women in this book come off as nagging, disreputable, or troublesome, and they are always secondary to the men; however, they are all brilliantly portrayed and believable.
I am personally glad that I encountered this book in my late-thirties. It seems like it used to be a staple for younger readers, but there's no way they'd appreciate so much of what is contained in these pages.
After seeing that this great American novel rated less than five stars on Amazon I just had to post my own five star review. Putting my own personal feelings for the novel aside, The Yearling is one of the most authentic books ever written. The characters drawn from Marjorie Keenan Rawlings own life in the Florida wilds. The dialogue so rich and vibrant, and spot on. And to those imbeciles who dared to rate it anything less than three stars, Amazon should restrict you from posting any more reviews in the future. For surely you've shown that your point of view lacks any real intelligence or insight. When I see far lesser novels on Amazon with a solid five star ranking, while The Yearling rates only four stars, it truly saddens me.
What a simple story about simple people who lived by very real and often complicated rules. Life, at best, was very difficult during the late 19th century in the Florida scrubs. There was never enough of anything except for others trying to take what was yours. Life was a struggle. Hunger, clothing and safety were always in short supply.There was no time for pleasures. Only time to try to survive from one day to another. Life's pleasures were few and far between. Yet, Jody Baxter found a fawn that became his everyday reason for living. They shared everything because there was little to share and no one to share it with. The fawn added meaning to Jody's life. The fawn was Jody's reason for getting up in the morning. It was the one and only friend he had outside of his mom and pa. And yet, in the end, it was the one thing Jody reluctantly had to separate from his everyday existence. This loss tears at your heart strings and only reflects the difficult times and hard lessons people had to learn quickly in order to survive in the Florida's wilderness. Living in the central Florida forest on Baxter's Island, a young boy, Jody experiences life and death occurrences which are explained to him by his father, Penny Baxter. The taking of game for subsistance is shared not only by the forest animals but also the humans who live in the forest. Everyday is a saga of life versus death. Jody learns serious life lessons when his only friend, Fodder Wing dies unexpectantly and his joy and sorrow of raising a young fawn named Flag. And with the self-imposed loss of Fawn, Jody is forced to accept his life and its struggle for everyone's survival and sacrifice the one and only outside joy he ever knew.The way folks lived and their interdependence upon one another weaves a real story that all readers should enjoy. This is a classic written by a marvelous author. You will cry and laugh while reading the same page and you will marvel at all of life's lessons that these folks had to learn and endure. This is a story that a middle school child as well as adults of all ages should enjoy reading. The last paragraph of the book is especially moving and leaves the reader in a state of euphoria as to the way things were. You will never be too old or too busy that you can't pickup a volume of The Yearling and share the emotions that Jody and his family endured on an everyday basis. A true classic!
This is a story from my childhood when I lived in the Piney Woods of Texas a long, long way from the nearest town. I loved animals, wild, tame, in between. I had read the book long ago. My parents never let me keep wild ones knowing that one day they would make trouble, as did the yearling, and/or some day, I would have to part with them,leaving them alone in the forest without the skills to get by naturally. I spent long hours watching them, enjoying their presence, and knowing they were there, As a girl, I felt pushed by society to be with the "in crowd," never by my parents, but by the post WWII culture. I had to face the cruel realities of man and nature including the time a small fawn and it's mother I had been seeing in the woods were killed by a motorist on the road. When my dad changed jobs and my parents took me away from this wonderful place to live in a city, I grieved and missed it all terribly. I grieve a bit even today. It reminded me of a happy time and place to which I can never return.
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