THE YEARLING

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...

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Main Author: Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan 1896-1953 (Author)
Other Authors: Wyeth, N. C. Newell Conversd 1882-1945
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harmondsworth Penguin 1983
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Summary: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
Physical Description:202 pages 19 cm
ISBN:0435120220