On December 10, 1938, West Virginia native Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for her book The Good Earth.
Learn more:
"Mrs. Buck Given Literature Award"
"Pearl Buck Dies"
First and Last Pages of Passages From The
Exile (Ms80-216)
"Old Pocahontas County House a Special Place for Pearl
Buck"
Sources on Pearl Buck
Audio/Video Clip of Pearl Buck (dialup) (broadband)
Document-Based Questions
On This Day in West Virginia History: December