West Virginia Vacation and Travel Ideas for Literary Tours

Pearl S. Buck Birthplace
P.O. Box 126
Hillsboro, WV  24946
Website: http://www.pearlsbuckbirthplace.com/ http://www.pearlsbuckbirthplace.com/
Email: info@pearlsbuckbirthplace.com
Phone: (304) 653-4430

Pearl S. Buck (1892 - 1973) was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.  She made her debut as a writer in 1930 with the publication of East Wind: West Wind, which she quickly followed with her most famous novel, The Good Earth, in 1931.  The Good Earth, which tells the story of the fictional Chinese farmer Wang Lung and his rise from poverty during years of great political and social unrest in China, won Buck the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932.  She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938

Buck was born at this home in Hillsboro, West Virginia, which has been restored to look much as it would have in 1892. The sixteen-acre farm includes Buck's home, with some of the family's original furnishings and memorabilia.

Buck's home, Green Hills Farm, in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, is also open to the public.  For more information, see , visit:    http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/delaware/gre.htm or http://www.psbi.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PSBH_Visitor_Information, or call:   (215) 249-0100.

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