Birthday: Gene Stratton Porter

Gene Stratton Porter

Birth: August 17, 1863

Death: December 6, 1924

I’ve posted about her: http://austenitis.blogspot.com/search/label/Gene%20Stratton%20Porter

It’s her 149^th birthday!

You know her because – she wrote Girl of the Limberlost (which I’ve read) and Freckles (which I haven’t). Her real name was Geneva Grace Stratton.

A Girl of the Limberlost

Author: Gene Stratton-Porter

Genre: Life

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8

Type: Fiction

Number of pages: 338

Time period: Early 1900’s?

My overall opinion: I’ve read this one twice now, and I enjoy it. It’s a very interesting story. A young, rather poor girl, a touch of mystery, a tad of romance (with a Prince Charming!), and a happy ending. And an irate and stuck-up girlfriend for the Prince Charming. Worth a read or two!