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A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the Limberlost is considered a classic of Indiana literature.The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limberlost Swamp - at that time, a site of heavy logging and natural oil extraction.This Bildungsroman is structured as girl-meets-boy ...Show more
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
Category: Fiction
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Girls; Swamps; Conflict of generations; Indiana; Fiction; Self-reliance; Mothers and daughters; Indiana auth ...Show more
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Category: Fiction
In this companion book to the much-loved classic A Girl of the Limberlost, an orphaned teenager longs to find his place in the world. Freckles was discovered on the doorstep of a Chicago orphanage, badly beaten and missing a hand. He yearns for the fulfillment of useful work, and at Indiana's Limberlost ...Show more
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Category: Children's Books
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter CHAPTER I Wherein Great Risks Are Taken and the Limberlost Guard Is Hired Freckles came down the corduroy that crosses the lower end of the Limberlost. At a glance he might have been mistaken for a tramp, but he was truly seeking work. He was intensely eager to belong so ...Show more
Gene Stratton-Porter - A Little Story of Her Life and Work by Gene Stratton-Porter
Category: Biography
Her publishers have felt the pressure of this growing interest and it was at their request that she furnished the data for a biographical sketch that was to be written of her. But when this actually came to hand, the present compiler found that the author had told a story so much more interesting than a ...Show more
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