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Gene Stratton-Porter’s Collected Works: A Girl Of The Limberlost, Laddie, A Daughter of the Land, Freckles, and More!
This Edition Features:
● A Detailed Biography of Gene Stratton-Porter
● A Fully Interactive Table of Contents
● Superior Kindle Formatting
Gene Stratton-Porter was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some best-selling novels and well-received columns in national magazines, such as McCalls. Her works were translated into several languages, including Braille, and Stratton-Porter was estimated to have had 50 million readers around the world. She used her position and income as a well-known author to support conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in the state of Indiana. Her novel A Girl of the Limberlost was adapted four times as a film, most recently in 1990 in a made-for-TV version.
This Edition Contains 11 Works:
● The Song of the Cardinal
● Freckles
● At the Foot of the Rainbow
● A Girl of The Limberlost
● The Harvester
● Moths of the Limberlost
● Laddie
● Michael O'Halloran
● A Daughter of the Land
● Her Father's Daughter
● The Fire Bird
● A Detailed Biography of Gene Stratton-Porter
● A Fully Interactive Table of Contents
● Superior Kindle Formatting
Gene Stratton-Porter was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some best-selling novels and well-received columns in national magazines, such as McCalls. Her works were translated into several languages, including Braille, and Stratton-Porter was estimated to have had 50 million readers around the world. She used her position and income as a well-known author to support conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in the state of Indiana. Her novel A Girl of the Limberlost was adapted four times as a film, most recently in 1990 in a made-for-TV version.
This Edition Contains 11 Works:
● The Song of the Cardinal
● Freckles
● At the Foot of the Rainbow
● A Girl of The Limberlost
● The Harvester
● Moths of the Limberlost
● Laddie
● Michael O'Halloran
● A Daughter of the Land
● Her Father's Daughter
● The Fire Bird
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First published October 23, 2009
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Gene Stratton-Porter
144 books683 followersShe was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some of the best selling novels and well-received columns in magazines of the day.
Born Geneva Grace Stratton in Wabash County, Indiana, she married Charles D. Porter in 1886, and they had one daughter, Jeannette.
She became a wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one of the last of the vanishing wetlands of the lower Great Lakes Basin. The Limberlost and Wildflower Woods of northeastern Indiana were the laboratory and inspiration for her stories, novels, essays, photography, and movies. Although there is evidence that her first book was "Strike at Shane's", which was published anonymously, her first attributed novel, The Song of the Cardinal met with great commercial success. Her novels Freckles and A Girl of the Limberlost are set in the wooded wetlands and swamps of the disappearing central Indiana ecosystems she loved and documented. She eventually wrote over 20 books.
Born Geneva Grace Stratton in Wabash County, Indiana, she married Charles D. Porter in 1886, and they had one daughter, Jeannette.
She became a wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one of the last of the vanishing wetlands of the lower Great Lakes Basin. The Limberlost and Wildflower Woods of northeastern Indiana were the laboratory and inspiration for her stories, novels, essays, photography, and movies. Although there is evidence that her first book was "Strike at Shane's", which was published anonymously, her first attributed novel, The Song of the Cardinal met with great commercial success. Her novels Freckles and A Girl of the Limberlost are set in the wooded wetlands and swamps of the disappearing central Indiana ecosystems she loved and documented. She eventually wrote over 20 books.
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December 25, 2018
My lower rating is for this edition in my Nook because the last page is 2,099 and it stops before the end of Her Father's Daughter. I have been reading for six months, and the ebook is incomplete.
I currently live in Indiana, and I wanted to read the books by this Hoosier author. This collection does have the complete novels of At the Foot of the Rainbow, A Daughter of the Land, Freckles, A girl of the Limberlost, and The Harvester. The ones I read were published more than 100 years ago so the style is often dated because it is much slower and the culture she represents has changed so much. As I was reading Her Father's Daughter with Linda's opinions about the threats of the Yellow Menace (and she includes the Brown and the Black,) I considered that was first published four or five generations ago, and it is currently "politically incorrect."
I currently live in Indiana, and I wanted to read the books by this Hoosier author. This collection does have the complete novels of At the Foot of the Rainbow, A Daughter of the Land, Freckles, A girl of the Limberlost, and The Harvester. The ones I read were published more than 100 years ago so the style is often dated because it is much slower and the culture she represents has changed so much. As I was reading Her Father's Daughter with Linda's opinions about the threats of the Yellow Menace (and she includes the Brown and the Black,) I considered that was first published four or five generations ago, and it is currently "politically incorrect."
April 6, 2021
GirL of the Limberlost was my introduction to Nature
When I was 7 years old I summit with my grandparents and Southern Missouri near Reel Foot Lake. He gave me this book, a butterfly net made out of an old fishing net, and cigar boxes with corks glued to the bottom. I learned how to catch, mount and position moths and butterflies from Elenora. This book taught me how to respect nature and to understand that each flower, Bush and tree shelters many species of wildlife. Enjoy nature. Don't destroy it.
When I was 7 years old I summit with my grandparents and Southern Missouri near Reel Foot Lake. He gave me this book, a butterfly net made out of an old fishing net, and cigar boxes with corks glued to the bottom. I learned how to catch, mount and position moths and butterflies from Elenora. This book taught me how to respect nature and to understand that each flower, Bush and tree shelters many species of wildlife. Enjoy nature. Don't destroy it.
October 19, 2019
Nature's Wonders
I read this book about 58 years ago in grade school. I've re-read it recently and it reminded me of the great hope it gave me in my youth and continued to give me hope today. For those that love nature and it's unending wonders and beauty I encourage you to read this book it will inspire you to sit in nature and be captivated by it. Let's hope we can leave a legacy like this for our future generations.
I read this book about 58 years ago in grade school. I've re-read it recently and it reminded me of the great hope it gave me in my youth and continued to give me hope today. For those that love nature and it's unending wonders and beauty I encourage you to read this book it will inspire you to sit in nature and be captivated by it. Let's hope we can leave a legacy like this for our future generations.
April 3, 2024
The story of The Girl of the Limberlost holds a special place in my heart because I agree up in a forest and loved the butterflies in our area! This was definitely what inspired me to learn how to play the violin! I love this story so much!!
November 7, 2019
I love these wholesome, uplifting stories with characters of integrity and grit.
August 12, 2021
A good old fashioned novel with characters and plot.
December 30, 2023
I love Ms. Porter's work, it is wholesome and interesting. I always feel refreshed when reading in her world.
October 16, 2015
From this book I only read A Girl of the Limberlost. I found it very dated. I did wonder if it was representative of fiction of it's time, like Anne of Green Gables, Pollyanna, etc. It's supposed to have been very popular in its day. I wonder if that has something to do with the poor girl from the swamp overcoming all the city girls story line.
I was under the impression that it is a children's/young adult book. However, at one of the author's homes in Indiana it is considered one of her adult books.
Other Limberlost thoughts at the blog, Original Content.
I was under the impression that it is a children's/young adult book. However, at one of the author's homes in Indiana it is considered one of her adult books.
Other Limberlost thoughts at the blog, Original Content.
October 26, 2016
Second time I have read it and I liked it more the first time. Seems like she rushed throught the ending, maybe. Overall, a very sweet love story with many lines highlighted.
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