Porter immortalized in her nature tales, 30 miles east of her childhood homes at lagro and wabash, and 40 miles south of her later home at rome city, indiana this is gene stratton porter country. A girl of the limberlost by gene strattonporter, paperback. Bobbsmerrill, c1911 multiple formats at stratton porter, gene, 18631924. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Gene stratton porter is indianas most widely read female author. A little story of the life and work and ideals of the bird woman was first published in book form in 1915, by doubleday, page, garden city, ny. Gene strattonporter strattonporter, gene, 18631924 the. Freckles by gene stratton porter seller books express published 20100910 condition good isbn 9781163199725 item price. The youngest of eleven, she is unwanted in the beginning. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text.
Gene stratton porter august 17, 1863 december 6, 1924, born geneva grace stratton, was a wabash county, indiana, native who became a selftrained american author, nature photographer, and naturalist. Stratton grew up in rural indiana, where she developed a deep appreciation for nature that was to. Gene stratton porter biography gene stratton porter biography and list of works gene stratton porter books. Isbn 9780559797149 9780559797149 hardcover, bibliolife, 2008. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Romances of the land from gene strattonporter this. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are. Read freckles by gene strattonporter, read free on. As always loved the authors description of nature, and the medicine mans work with medicinal herbs. The project gutenberg ebook of freckles, by gene stratton porter this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Laddie by gene stratton porter, doubleday abebooks. Freckles library of indiana classics by gene stratton porter. Michael ohalloran is the charming gene stratton porter novel of an orphaned newspaper seller who asks nothing of the world except to be square. Consider hosting your special event at gene strattonporter state historic site.
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