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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953.
Women authors, American -- Biography.
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McCutchan, Ann.
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953.
Women authors, American -- Biography.
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The life she wished to live : a biography of
Marjorie
Kinnan
Rawlings
, author of The yearling / Ann McCutchan.
by
McCutchan, Ann.
W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Call #:
921 R259m
Subjects
Rawlings
,
Marjorie
Kinnan
,
1896-1953
.
Women authors, American -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780393353495 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxii, 418 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-400) and index.
Summary:
"A comprehensive and engaging biography of
Marjorie
Kinnan
Rawlings
, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the beloved classic The Yearling. Washington, DC, born and Wisconsin educated,
Marjorie
Kinnan
Rawlings
was an unlikely author of a coming-of-age novel about a poor central Florida child and his pet fawn-much less one that has become synonymous with Florida literature writ large.
Rawlings
was a tough, ambitious, and independent woman who refused the conventions of her early-twentieth-century upbringing. Determined to forge a literary career beyond those limitations, she found her voice in the remote, hardscrabble life of Cross Creek, Florida. There,
Rawlings
purchased a commercial orange grove and discovered a fascinating world out of which to write-and a dialect of the poor, swampland community that the literary world had yet to hear. She employed her sensitive eye, sharp ear for dialogue, and philosophical spirit to bring to life this unknown corner of America in vivid, tender detail, a feat that earned her the Pulitzer Prize in 1938. Her accomplishments came at a price: a failed first marriage, financial instability, a contentious libel suit, alcoholism, and physical and emotional upheaval. With intimate access to
Rawlings
's correspondence and revealing early writings, Ann McCutchan uncovers a larger-than-life woman who writes passionately and with verve, whose emotions change on a dime, and who drinks to excess, smokes, swears, and even occasionally joins in on an alligator hunt. The Life She Wished to Live paints a lively portrait of
Rawlings
, her contemporaries-including her legendary editor, Maxwell Perkins, and friends Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald-and the Florida landscape and people that inspired her."--From publisher.
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