鹿苑长春(The Yearling)简介：

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. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend. There has been a film and even a musical based on this moving story, a fine work of great American literature.

本书是一九三九年美国普利策奖获奖作品，并名列美国一九三九年畅销书排行榜榜首。小说通过小主人公裘弟和他的小鹿的故事，生动地描写了美国南北战争后佛罗里达州垦荒区普通人的劳动、斗争和悲欢离合。作品充满浓郁的乡土气息，迷人的自然风景描写赢得了广泛的赞誉。一九四六年好莱坞将这部小说搬上银幕，由著名影星格利高里·派克担任主演，大获成功。