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, an
The Yearling
โ Scribed by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Publisher
- Aladdin;Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Year
- 1930;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 600 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
An American classicand Pulitzer Prizewinning storythat 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. Wyeths original oil paintings, this glowing work features a soft touch cover, gold foiling, and tip-in artwork.
Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781442482098
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