Cross Creek (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- First Published: 1942
- Time of Work: The late 1920’s and the 1930’s
- Setting: Cross Creek, in north-central Florida
- Principal Characters: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Tom Glisson, Old Boss Brice, Martha Mickens, Ella May Townsend, Beatrice
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: South or Southerners, Nature, Authors or writers, Autobiography, Rural or country life, Friendship, 1930’s, Poverty or poor people
- Locales: Cross Creek, FL
Form and Content
Cross Creek is a series of sketches in which Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings describes characters, daily life, and memorable events at Cross Creek during the decade and a half that she had spent there. Even though this book is autobiographical, it is not arranged chronologically. Instead, it is organized according to the subjects suggested in the chapter titles. Sometimes, a title is the name of a person, such as “The Widow Slater,” or of an event, such as “The Pound Party.” At other times, it is as vague but suggestive as “Our Daily Bread,” which...
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