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The Yearling is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1938, when it sold more than 250,000 copies.
The Yearling is a 1946 American Family Western film directed by Clarence Brown, produced by Sidney Franklin, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The screenplay by Paul Osborn and John Lee Mahin (uncredited) was adapted from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 's 1938 novel of the same name.
Based on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this film tells the story of Jody, a lonely boy who befriends a young deer on his family's Florida farm. The film stars Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman and Claude Jarman Jr., and won two Oscars.
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- Drama, Family, Western
- Clarence Brown
- 1947-05
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Patricia Reilly Giff (Foreword) 4.02. 29,073 ratings1,414 reviews. 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.
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- Paperback
The Yearling, novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in 1938 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1939. Set in the backwoods of northern Florida, the story concerns the relationship between 12-year-old Jody Baxter and Flag, the fawn he adopts.
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Based on the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, this drama focuses on the family of Civil War veteran Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck), who lives and works on a farm in Florida with his wife, Orry (Jane...
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- Kids & Family, Drama
- G
The Yearling. Summaries. A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves? The family of Civil War veteran Penny Baxter, who lives and works on a farm in Florida with his wife, Orry, and their son, Jody.
