A Girl of the Limberlost

1 About this book

A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in August 1909. It is considered a classic of Indiana literature. It is the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles.

The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limberlost Swamp. Even at the time, this impressive wetland region was being reduced by heavy logging, oil extraction and drainage for agriculture. (The swamp and forestland eventually ceased to exist, though projects since the 1990s have begun to restore a small part of it.)

Patricia Raub (Senior Lecturer of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston) notes that Stratton-Porter was "one of the most popular woman novelists of the era, who was known for her nature books and her editorials on McCall's 'Gene Stratton-Porter Page' as well as for her novels."

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: a classic, a coming-of-age story, friendship, and a book they can read free online.

• Classics
• Nature
• Family life
• Coming of age
• Natural history
• Friendship
• Mothers and daughters
• Self-reliance