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We've collected a few of the better links to websites and blogs from cyber space to share with you all here in this space for easy access to the Wonderful History that surrounds Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
Please take some time to visit; Harpers.org, which offers a free article view one time. The George A. Smathers Libraries, which offers an audio interview with Marjorie Rawlings |
Mrs. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings [August 8, 1896 - December 14, 1953]
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We Sincerely Thank the State Archives of Florida for Sharing These Wonderful Photos of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
For without their sharing, we wouldn't have Fades
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' home, is a typical example of a late 19th century "Cracker" farmhouse. Marjorie purchased the homestead in 1928.
She was well known for the famed, "YEARLING" which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1939, "SOUTH MOON UNDER,"
"CROSS CREEK," and "GOLDEN APPLES."
Mrs. Rawlings repaired the house and added bathrooms and a carport to the existing building. She bequeathed the house to the University of Florida when she died in 1954.
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Some borrowed to share history;
"Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings came to rural Cross Creek in 1928 to find a home and a place to write."
She was quoted to say; "I do not know how any one can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to", which she later wrote in Cross Creek. Rawlings found that place on her small Florida farmstead and orange grove, and in the nearby wilderness bordered by lakes and Cross Creek. Her experiences were woven into the classic stories that continue to inspire others to live in harmony with the land. Rawlings' cracker farmhouse has original furnishings and is interpreted by staff staff in 1930s clothing. Near the house are ornamental plants of the varieties Rawlings cultivated and a seasonal kitchen garden with herbs, flowers and vegetables. A citrus grove of orange, grapefruit and tangerine trees surrounds the house. At the edge of the farm yard is the tenant house, a reminder of the many who worked the land and whose stories she told. In the magic of the grove, Rawlings found her greatest pleasure: "Enchantment lies in different things for each of us. For me, it is in this: to step out of the bright sunlight into the shade of orange trees; to walk under the arched canopy of their jadelike leaves; to see the long aisles of lichened trunks stretch ahead in a geometric rhythm; to feel the mystery of a seclusion that yet has shafts of light striking through it. This is the essence of an ancient and secret magic." - Please credit and visit -> Florida State Parks
She was well known for the famed, "YEARLING" which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1939, "SOUTH MOON UNDER,"
"CROSS CREEK," and "GOLDEN APPLES."
Mrs. Rawlings repaired the house and added bathrooms and a carport to the existing building. She bequeathed the house to the University of Florida when she died in 1954.
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Some borrowed to share history;
"Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings came to rural Cross Creek in 1928 to find a home and a place to write."
She was quoted to say; "I do not know how any one can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to", which she later wrote in Cross Creek. Rawlings found that place on her small Florida farmstead and orange grove, and in the nearby wilderness bordered by lakes and Cross Creek. Her experiences were woven into the classic stories that continue to inspire others to live in harmony with the land. Rawlings' cracker farmhouse has original furnishings and is interpreted by staff staff in 1930s clothing. Near the house are ornamental plants of the varieties Rawlings cultivated and a seasonal kitchen garden with herbs, flowers and vegetables. A citrus grove of orange, grapefruit and tangerine trees surrounds the house. At the edge of the farm yard is the tenant house, a reminder of the many who worked the land and whose stories she told. In the magic of the grove, Rawlings found her greatest pleasure: "Enchantment lies in different things for each of us. For me, it is in this: to step out of the bright sunlight into the shade of orange trees; to walk under the arched canopy of their jadelike leaves; to see the long aisles of lichened trunks stretch ahead in a geometric rhythm; to feel the mystery of a seclusion that yet has shafts of light striking through it. This is the essence of an ancient and secret magic." - Please credit and visit -> Florida State Parks
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Marjorie with her loving pets inside the yard
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Inside the grounds of Majorie's Homestead
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Standing outside the gate of Rawlings' estate
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This WhatWasInThere Now & Then Fade is Wonderful. Loving the fact that the same chairs are still in the same area. In the future, we may be able to create a better Fade. For now, it's the closest we could get at this angle.
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Marjorie typing on her front porch - Now & Then Fade
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