A Girl Of The Limberlost

by Gene Stratton-Porter

Overview

Of all the books written by Hoosier writers, Gene Stratton-Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost is unquestionably the most cherished. It is the timeless story of an impoverished young girl, Elnora Comstock, growing up on the edge of the Limberlost swamp. In order to pay for her education, she collects moths. Since 1909, when A Girl of the Limberlost was first published, Elnora Comstock has served as a role model for successive generations of young readers. Her beauty of soul and love of nature continue to charm readers of all ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789361421884
Publisher:	Double 9 Books
Publication date:	02/01/2024
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Gene Stratton-Porter, an American author, amateur naturalist, and animal photographer who lived from 1863 to 1924, was also one of the first females to establish a movie studio and production firm. She penned a number of best-selling books as well as popular pieces for periodicals at the time. She trained as a wildlife photographer and focused on the birds and moths that might still be found in one of the last remaining wetlands in the lower Great Lakes Basin. Northeastern Indiana's Limberlost and Wildflower Woods served as her writing space and primary source of inspiration for her stories, novels, essays, photographs, and films. The Song of the Cardinal, her debut book, which bears her name, was a huge economic success in 1903. The wooded wetlands and swamps of the rapidly vanishing central Indiana ecosystems she adored and chronicled are the settings for her novels Freckles (1904) and A Girl of the Limberlost (1909). Stratton-Porter intended to concentrate on nature books, but it was her love novels that made her renowned and provided the funds she needed to continue her research in nature. A D (1911), The Harvester (1911).

Table of Contents

I	Wherein Elnora Goes to High School, and Learns Many Lessons not Found in Her Books	3
II	Wherein Wesley and Margaret Go Shopping, and Elnora's Wardrobe Is Replenished	26
III	Wherein Elnora Visits the Bird Woman, and Opens a Bank Account	39
IV	Wherein the Sintons Are Disappointed, and Mrs. Comstock Learns that She Can Laugh	53
V	Wherein Elnora Receives a Warning and Billy Appears on the Scene	82
VI	Wherein Mrs. Comstock Indulges in "Frills," and Billy Reappears	99
VII	Wherein Mrs. Comstock Manipulates Margaret, and Billy Acquires a Residence	122
VIII	Wherein the Limberlost Tempts Elnora, and Billy Buries His Father	155
IX	Wherein Elnora Discovers a Violin, and Billy Disciplines Margaret	164
X	Wherein Elnora Has More Financial Troubles, and Mrs. Comstock Again Hears the Song of the Limberlost	181
XI	Wherein Elnora Graduates, and Freckles and the Angel Send Gifts	205
XII	Wherein Margaret Sinton Reveals a Secret, and Mrs. Comstock Possesses the Limberlost	225
XIII	Wherein Mother Love Is Bestowed on Elnora, and She Finds an Assistant in Moth Hunting	256
XIV	Wherein a New Position Is Tendered Elnora, and Philip Ammon Is Shown Limberlost Violets	276
XV	Wherein Mrs. Comstock Faces the Almighty, and Philip Ammon Writes a Letter	291
XVI	Wherein the Limberlost Sings for Ammon, and the Talking Trees Tell Great Secrets	309
XVII	Wherein Mrs. Comstock Dances in the Moonlight, and Elnora Makes a Confession	323
XVIII	Wherein Mrs. Comstock Experiments with Rejuvenation, and Elnora Teaches Natural History	341
XIX	Wherein Philip Ammon Gives a Ball in Honour of Edith Carr, and Hart Henderson Appears on the Scene	354
XX	Wherein the Elder Ammon Offers Advice, and Edith Carr Experiences Regrets	371
XXI	Wherein Philip Ammon Returns to the Limberlost, and Elnora Studies the Situation	382
XXII	Wherein Philip Ammon Kneels to the Queen of Love, and Chicago Comes to the Limberlost	402
XXIII	Wherein Elnora Reaches a Decision, and Freckles and the Angel Appear	424
XXIV	Wherein Edith Carr Wages a Battle, and Hart Henderson Stands Guard	439
XXV	Wherein Philip Finds Elnora, and Edith Carr Offers a Yellow Emperor	454