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lelasfriend
True Blue Farmgirl
109 Posts
sara
baltimore
MD
USA
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 Posted - Oct 21 2010 : 5:24:41 PM
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| I wanted to know if there are any fans of Gene Stratton Porter out there. My daughter and I recently traveled to Indiana to go to both of the historic sites connected with Gene and her books. It is a wonderful literary trip! The first place was in Geneva and is her home in what used to be the limberlost swamp. The second home is in Rome City and is her cabin on Sylvan Lake. Gene died in 1924 so most of her books were written in the early years of the century. She was an amazing woman for her time period. She was an avid naturalist, an accomplished photographer, artist and musician. She wrote lots of nature books documenting the birds and moths of the limberlost complete with her drawings and photographs. Then she wrote novels, many of which were made into movies. The novels contain wholesome, moral characters with good values and contain elements of romance set in nature. Some of her more famous ones are A Girl of The Limberlost, Laddie, Freckles and The Harvester. These are family friendly books you can read aloud with kids or enjoy by yourself. Afterwards going to tour the homes where she lived and worked is a real treat. Sara |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
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Posted - Nov 15 2010 : 07:56:02 AM
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Gene Stratton Porter is wonderful!! My grandma (also an avid reader) told me about Girl of the Limberlost, and I had to special order it through my library, who had it locked away somewhere - I don't know if it was because it was a wonderful (and therefore valuable) old book, or sadly more likely, had been unread for some time as people tend to look for "New York Times Bestseller" on the top of their books, anymore. I inherited some Porter books through my wonderful MIL. There's something so neat about handling a book printed 100 years ago (or even 50)...
I'm with you, Sara!!! Great writer!!
~TJ of Green Willow Place
www.MyWesternHome.wordpress.com
"I wanna write my blog, and live my life, beneath these Western Skies..." (with apologies to Chris LeDoux! smile!) |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Nov 15 2010 : 08:08:34 AM
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I've been reading Gene Stratton Porter since I was a small girl (I'm 37 now) when I found a first edition of The Girl of the Limberlost in my godmother's family barn. I have since then collected all first editions, and pick up copies of her books whenever affordable and in good shape. I keep some for myself, but also give them as gifts to younger girls upon graduation from middle school. It's a perfect discovery for that age and the lessons in self esteem and self worth are invaluable. I have to admit, I am (and have been reading) one of her last books called "The Harvester" that I simply CANNOT get into....it's a bit on the creepy side, for some reason.
I have always wanted to go to her home and visit. So nice to hear that you love it and had such a wonderful time there. It's about 3 hours from me, so maybe one day I can get there. I also have an illustration that I'd like them to look at...I bought it in an antique store several years ago, and it's a pastel sketch of a flower, much like her illustrations, signed G. Stratton. It would have been before her marriage, but she did draw profusely...It would be CRAZY amazing if it was one of her early illustrations, and even crazier that such a fan (me) bought it and later discovered the signature, which started me "wondering"....
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Lida
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Lida
Rochester
NY
USA
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Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 7:34:23 PM
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Thank you for reminding me about Gene Stratton Proter's books. My mother and I shared a love for Girl of the Limberlost. Freckles was one of my favorite childhood stories. I need to look around and see if I can find any of my copies of those books.
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miraclewelsh
True Blue Farmgirl
138 Posts
Samantha
Northern
Wisconsin
USA
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