Michael O'Halloran

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.

Author: Gene Stratton-Porter
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 03/22/1997
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.54w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9780253210456

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/15/1997 pg. 102

About the Author

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.