Florida Historical Society Spotlights Rawlings Letter

By  //  January 18, 2013

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FLORIDA HISTORY

(ABOVE VIDEO: Matthew Abramson)

In 1933, Florida author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings wrote a letter to Zelma Cason, the woman who would become her nemesis.

(Florida State Archives, Florida Memory image)

This week on “Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society” they take a look at the letter, which was recently acquired by the University of Florida Special Collections.

You’ll hear about hearses doubling as ambulances. That and more this week.

Check your local NPR schedule or visit myfloridahistory.org.