Cross Creek (signed by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
by MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine ina very good plus dustjacket with slight chipping and wear a/Very Good
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First Edition, First Printing (with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page). Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' classic memoir of life in the Florida hamlet of Cross Creek. Inscribed by her on the front free endpaper. A wonderful and rare copy!
"Cross Creek is a bend in a country road, by land, and the flowing of Lochloosa Lake into Orange Lake, by water."
Near Fine in a very good plus dustjacket with slight chipping and wear along the edges. Near fine copy in publisher's original green cloth, green titles ruled in silver, in a bright, fresh Robert Camp, Jr. designed beautiful pictorial dust jacket. Illustrations by Edward Shenton throughout. "It is hard to see how anyone can read Cross Creek without pleasure amounting to glee." (The Atlantic Monthly). Size: 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. A wonderful and rare copy!
Synopsis
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.
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- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31516
- Title
- Cross Creek (signed by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
- Author
- MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine ina very good plus dustjacket with slight chipping and wear a
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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