Freckles

Description:

Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel," he determines to find out about his past. **(Wikipedia about author) Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 – December 6, 1924), born Geneva Grace Stratton, was a Wabash County, Indiana, native who became a self-trained American author, nature photographer, and naturalist. In 1917 Stratton-Porter used her position and influence as a popular, well-known author to urge legislative support for the conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in the state of Indiana. She was also a silent film-era producer who founded her own production company, Gene Stratton Porter Productions, in 1924.

subjects: Classics,  Limberlost-Freckles Series,  Juvenile Fiction,  Family,  Love,  Orphans,  Orphanages,  Foster Homes,  Irish Americans,  Plant-life,  Plants,  Nature,  Photography,  Limberlost timber,  Swamps,  Undamaged land,  Forest,  Trees,  Natural Environment,  Fiction, general,  People with disabilities, fiction,  Indiana, fiction

People: Charles Darwin Porter

Places: Grand Rapids,  Limberlost,  Ireland,  Indiana

Times: Late 1800s