Gene Stratton-Porte 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…

The narrative mode of ‘Laddie’ may prevent an easy suspension of disbelief to some readers. It is told in the first person by the eight- or ten-year-old Little Sister but…

The main character in this story of a young woman’s ambition to own and cultivate a large farm is Kate Bates, another Gene Stratton-Porter unsung hero. As the youngest child…

This book contains a fascinating account of some of the authors experiences as a naturalist living near The Limberlost, a swamp in north-eastern Michigan, North America. With masterful descriptions of…

Gene Stratton-Porter’s classic novel, Freckles, appears with copious illustrations by E. Stetson Crawford in this beautiful facsimile reprint edition.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

A study of a swamp area in north-eastern Indiana

Tells about the lives of a dissipated Irishman, Jimmy Malone, his long-suffering wife Mary, and Jimmy’s friend Dannie. Through Jimmy’s deceitfulness Mary is lost to Dannie for many unhappy years…