Author and Archivist Florence Turcotte at Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park 18700 South CR 325, Hawthorne, FL, United States

Hear Literary Manuscripts Archivist for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida, Florence Turcotte, as she talks about her book, Marge & Julia, The Correspondence Between Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Julia Scribner Bigham. Marge and Julia includes never-before-published letters between Rawlings and Julia Scribner Bigham, the daughter of...

Holiday Dishes à la Cross Creek

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park 18700 South CR 325, Hawthorne, FL, United States

Sample Recipes Inspired by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings at Holiday Dishes à la Cross Creek The 1930s homestead of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Majorie Kinnan Rawlings is preserved as it was when she lived there. The National Historic Landmark hosts guided tours inside the farmhouse Thursday through Sunday. On Sunday, November 24,...

Books, Biscuits and Butter

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park 18700 South CR 325, Hawthorne, FL, United States

Step Back In Time with Food Cooked on a Wood Stove at Books, Biscuits and Butter Join Florida State Parks staff as they make biscuits on the wood-fired stove with homemade butter from a butter churn. Stick around to eat and enjoy readings from Marjorie’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Yearling.