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A Lament forthe Death of Old Florida.
SOUTH MOON UNDER is a page flipper and hard to set aside. Definitely 5 Star Quality.

True, it's a tale of the demeaned and marginalized Florida Cracker, who ekes a living from the Scrub, avoiding unnecessary contact with civilization; but Rawlings' anthropology is soaked with death. Her book is a lament for the death of Old Florida.

Civilization destroys the land and the critters and the people.

Life in the Scrub
South Moon Under is beautifully written with fascinating detail and plenty of suspense. Rawlings wrote this story of subsistence living in the Florida scrub country after living with a moonshiner family for several weeks. Thepicture of their struggle to eke a living in this marginal land makes forfascinating reading.

But the more important aspect of this novel is therevelation of what government laws and power mean in the every day lives ofpeople living only a hair's breath away from starvation. We see how immoraland corrupt laws and those who enforce them destroyed the delicate balanceof survival for the people of the scrub. I don't know if she intended it tobe, but this is an anti government, libertarian novel and an importantcontribution to the historical record. Every liberty lover would gain muchfrom reading this book. ... Read more

Product Description
This digital document, covering the life and work of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 2325 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
• Family members
• Education
• Professional associations and honors
• Employment
• Writings, including books and periodicals
• A description of the author's work
• References to further readings about the author

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These eight stories represent Florida in the 1930s and '40s as Rawlings saw it--alive, harsh and unforgettable. 4 cassettes. ... Read more

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Brown cloth ... Read more