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  <title><![CDATA[Freckles (The Library of Indiana Classics)]]></title>
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  <default-description>1904. Stratton-Porter was an American feminist, environmentalist, photographer and one of Indiana's most famous female authors. Many of her writings were moralistic and romantic novels. Freckles is the story of an orphaned boy who gets a job as a timber guard in Limberlost. He only has one hand, but much courage. As the plot unfolds, Freckles falls in love with the beautiful Swamp Angel and his noble past is revealed. The book proved so popular that she went on to write A Girl of the Limberlost. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Stratton-Porter]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is truly a forgotten classic.  I first read it many years ago, and recently had the desire to pick it up again.  I found that it was not as readily available as many other classics, which is certainly a shame as it is a wonderful book.<br/><br/>The story concerns a young orphan, named Freckle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59534044">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an older book, one that a teacher read aloud to the class in elementary school.  I've had a bit of nostalgia in the last few years for books that I read many years before.  And this book isn't exactly the one I remember reading from Gene Stratton-Porter, although I know I read it as well as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49361919">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read a lot with my pre-teen boys and we just finished this one.  It is a short, likeable tale of an orphan boy, and sweetly describes his first feelings of love for a girl known only as &quot;Angel.&quot;  We liked it very much and recommend it to all.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[    I really enjoy the tales of Gene Stratton Porter. I enjoyed A Girl of the Limberlost more than Freckles and would recommend it to a first-time Porter reader.  <br/>    The book is located in the classic section of our library. Location and the cover cause this to be a book that is rarely checke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66848979">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a romantic story.  This definition of romantic (from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>)…  imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc. <br/><br/>This story actually reminded me a bit of “Tarzan”, which I also read recently. The infant is orphaned and separated from knowl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48178514">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just as good as Girl of the Limberlost. Again, they are simple, easy reads.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a trip back in time to America's Golden Age.  It was written in 1903, and you get such a feeling of high morals, values, and courage.  One of the words I'd use to describe this book is Innocent.  It's an aura not usually found in books today! <br/><br/>Part of me thinks that if this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45897506">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, Victorian morality stories about the nobility of suffering, and the redemptive power of hard work, how I love you.  <br/><br/>Gene Stratton Porter (and not Jean as they have above, good grief) wrote a lot of books in this vein -- the healing power of the natural world and the nobility of suffe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4080392">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this story. It is sweet and old fashioned. It falls in the genre of &quot;orphan boy is honest and hard-working and makes good&quot;. Safe for any age, boy or girl. Adventure, romance, a little history, what could be better. The author was an amateur naturalist and wildlife photographer, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48832803">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gene STratton-Porter is a wonderful writer.  Her stories have lasted through the years.  This along with Girl of the Limberlost is another story of the &quot;heroe's journey&quot; and Freckles wins the fight.  I think the &quot;swamp angel&quot; is much a Christ figure, carrying many of her pure qua...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71016678">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Freckles is the story of a young Irish boy who clings to his values through various hardships.  He grows to love the outdoors and the wonders of nature.  In the end, his values enable him to have the life he dreamed of but never thought he could have.  I love the courage and faithfulness woven into ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57368789">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We read this for book club in July; I liked a lot of the moral lessons it had in it.  Just simple truths, like the fact that there's more to a person that looks and that we often discount our own talents and compare our worst traits with other people's best traits.  It also just shows the value of h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66584022">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was highly influential in helping me feel, as a 10-year-old, that I could get through about anything. It was a fascinating read then and is the first book that left me hungry to read more from a particular writer. As I recall, it had the magic ability to transport me to another world, elic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44890022">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read pretty much everything Gene Stratton-Porter has written and this is one of my favorites (it's up there with A Girl of the Limberlost). A beautiful, humble protagonist that you just wish everything comes out right for. Of course what S-P does best is write about nature, and this does not di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59329306">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know, I know! I'm the only one in the world that doesn't like Gene Stratton-Porter and Louisa May Alcott books. I'm sorry!!!! I find these books so painfully boring....People keep picking them for their book club books...aghhh....but I humor them and read their books and they humor me when I pick ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54622160">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love all of Gene Stratton-Porter's books because she brings to life characters you can believe in and trust.  This is the first book from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://librivox.org">librivox.org</a> that I have listened to on my ipod and if you don't know about it you are missing out!  I'm hooked already.  Librivox is a beautiful thing... ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Comments I wrote in my 8th-grade reading log:<br/>&quot;I really liked this book. It kept my attention and was a well-written, clean, good, exciting book. I liked how Freckles overcame his challenges and proved that nothing is impossible. I admired his courage and determination.&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic book that I have come to really love! It is simple without either profound plot or a profundity of remarkable characters. Yet I think in the very simplicity of the story is it's charm. The characters are endearing, displaying such character traits as sacrificial love, loyalty, cour...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33541207">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a sweet,old story of a boy's coming of age and finding love and a place in life.  However, it drove me crazy how everyone burst into sobs or their eyes misted up at the drop of a hat.  Not very realistic, but I guess it's just the writing style of the age.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Favorite author, so i love the sweetness of this book. About a lone boy who finds love and family in those who take him under their wings. Morals don't exist anymore like they did in this era.I like to be reminded that the world was not always so selfish.]]></body>
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