by Gene Stratton - Porter (Author)
This early 20th-century classic chronicles the adventures of an orphaned newspaper boy in his hand-to-hand scuffle with life in a midwestern metropolis. Gene Stratton-Porter's faith in the healing power of nature is also apparent, in a lovingly depicted tamarack swamp set near the city.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 576
Edition: 1st Indiana Press Ed
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 14 May 1997
ISBN 10: 0253210453
ISBN 13: 9780253210456
Book Overview: Gene Stratton-Porter's tale of a plucky, orphaned newspaper boy is now back in print!
Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was born on a farm in Indiana. She later lived in a cabin adjoining the Limberlost Swamp, immortalized in her best-selling A Girl of the Limberlost. In 1923 she moved to California for her health, but was killed in an automobile accident in 1924. Other Stratton-Porter novels reissued by Indiana University Press include Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, and The Keeper of the Bees.
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