All of Rawlings's Florida writings, which include all of her important works, are related in one way or another, most obviously in her careful and loving depiction of the land and people of north central Florida. These include The Yearling (1938) and Cross Creek (1942), the short stories "Gal Young Un," "Jacobs Ladder," and "Cocks Must Crow," and even the cookbook Cross Creek Cookery (1947).