Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American writer who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. Her best known work, The Yearling—about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn—wo
Rawlings in 1953
Rawlings's home at Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park in Cross Creek, Florida
Cross Creek (film)
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Cross Creek is a 1983 American biographical drama romance film starring Mary Steenburgen as The Yearling author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The film is directed by Martin Ritt and is based in part on Ra
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
…a remote corner of my heart. I think of her often, and I know she does of me, for she comes once a year to see me". When Cross Creek was turned into a 1983 film, actress Alfre Woodard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as 'Geechee. With the money she made from…
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold