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The Yearling (Hardcover)

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Author), N.C. Wyeth (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD; Library Binding edition (1 Oct 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684184613
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684184616
  • Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 18.7 x 4.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,509,220 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 scrub lands. But young Jody Baxter is not content with these electrifying escapades, or even with the cosy comfort of home with Pa and Ma. He wants a pet, a friend with whom he can share his quiet cogitations. 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 flavour, and N.C. Wyeth's warm, soft illustrations capture an era of rough subsistence and sweet survival. (Age 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter

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A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rawling did an excellent job., 21 Mar 1999
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This review is from: The Yearling (Paperback)
This book is great for the whole family. Although the book has some touching moments it is a must! Rawlings did an excellent job on describing the plot as well as the charactors. Jody Baxter is a very young and immature boy when the book opens. He has no friends, yet wants some. He is troubled by many deaths and usully has nothing to do. One day when Jody and Penny, Jodys dad, are hunting Penny is bit by a snake. Penny has to kill a deer for it's antitoxin. Jody feel really bad to let the yearling deer alone to die.Jody brings it home and cares for it. After a while the deer is causing too much of a problem for the family to handle. I personly recomend you read this book!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars It was one of the best books that I have ever read., 11 Jan 1999
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I think that this was a great book. It was so sad. I think that all the people who gave this book only one star are uncultured swine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Life in central Florida., 25 Jun 1999
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This classic novel was written by an author who wrote it at her home a few miles south of Gainesville (in Cross Creek, Florida) and it won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. It is about life in rural central Florida in the second half of the 19th century, being centered around a boy (Jody Baxter), his family, and his pet fawn (Flag). Throughout the novel, the reader sees a boy growing up and having to face some tough decisions. We also learn much about the natural history, environment, folk remedies and beliefs, and culture of rural Florida. We also learn how precarious one's existence is out in the wild. Jody's father, Penny Baxter, has to kill a doe in order to use a folk remedy for a snake bite, not knowing that there is a little fawn nearby. Jody keeps the fawn to raise and to have as a friend. But, as the fawn grows older, problems arise. The author based her main characters loosely (very loosely) on a rural family she knew living in central Florida. Contrary to most reports, this family did not live in Cross Creek. They had a small place deep in the woods in the center of what is now the Ocala National Forest. I decided to see if I could find that site in the late 1980s. It turned out not be difficult at all. Armed with a map of the National Forest, I went on a hike (on some beautiful trails) and found the place. Nothing remains of the house. However, the family burial plot is still there, as are the graves of most of the members of the family. Unfortunately, it is sad to report that a number of the headstones have been stolen. Some of the stones referred to Civil War veterans. As you probably know, such stones draw very good prices on the "black market." The Forest Service had signs posted to warn people against stealing items but, being deep in the woods, they were taken anyway. I'm certain that the people who took the stones have no idea of their literary significance. Perhaps one day the Forest Service or some historical organization will replace the stones, but with all the cutbacks in funding, it'll probably be a long time before that happens.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Yearling
I remember reading this book as a nine year old at school and just loving it. With this in mind I ordered it for my nine year old. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. Denise Farren

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but TOOOO LONG!
THE YEARLING WAS A VERY GOOD BOOK. ALTHOUGH IT WAS SOMETIMES BORING. BUT IT TAUGHT A FABULOUS LESSON. THIS BOOK IS ALSO VERY VERY VERY DISCRIPTIVE SO BE PREPARED. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Finely crafted story of a boy coming of age in Florida.
This book is an assignment for my son entering 7th grade. He is dyslexic, so I am reading it on tape for him. Read more
Published on 8 July 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall it was ok :)
This book became monotonous to an extent that all the characters such as Jody and Pa Baxter were doing is hoeing the corn and hunting. Read more
Published on 25 May 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars about that person that said it was in the 1920's
This book was pretty good, I thought it was sad, but well written. And to the person who said it took place in the 1920's...it didn't!! Read more
Published on 9 Feb 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Allows a reader to experience life in another time.
Want to experience the Florida under the layers of concrete and Mickey Mouse ears? Read this book. The era is just after the Civil War when Florida had no lights or electric... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars IF YOUR UNDER 1000 YEARS OLD, THIS BOOK WILL SUCK TO YOU!!!
THIS book is the most worthless, boring, slow-reading book I have ever been forced to read. I highly disapprove of it being required High School time-waste book. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Slow, but a good moral
I think that this book is very slow and confusing. I am being forced to read this in the 7th grade. I guess it has a good moral of getting through a lot of hard choices in life... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars This is perhaps the most boaring book I have ever read.
I had to read this book for school. The story that is there is good, but way too discriptive. It would have made a good short story, not a loooooong novel. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a point to the whole book. WASTE OF TIME
I really hated this book. The first half of the book has no point and the second has no point either. I would not reccomend this book to anyone. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 1998

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