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. ...
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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. Stratton-Porter wrote twenty-six books that included twelve novels, eight nature studies, two books of poetry, and four collections of stories and children's books. Of the fifty-five books selling one million or more copies between 1895 and 1945, five of them were novels written by Stratton-Porter. Among Stratton-Porter's best-selling novels were Freckles (1904), A Girl of the Limberlost (1909), The Harvester (1911), Laddie (1913), and Michael O'Halloran (1915). Stratton-Porter incorporated every day occurrences and acquaintances into her works of fiction. Many of her works delve into difficult subject matter such as themes of abuse, prostitution, and abandonment. In the case of Her Father's Daughter (1921), the anti-Asian sentiment that her writing reflected prevalent in the United States during that era. Her other writing also introduced the concept of land and wildlife conservation to her readers. Although Stratton-Porter preferred to focus on nature books, it was her romantic novels that gained her fame and wealth. These generated the income that allowed her to pursue her nature studies. Her novels have been translated into twenty-three languages, as well as Braille. At its peak in the early 1910s, her readership was estimated at 50 million, with earnings from her literary works estimated at $2 million. (wikipedia.org)
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) A few spots of foxing; binding tight; grey cloth a little stained on boards & faded on spine; spine a little worn at head & foot.
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Very Good- in Fair jacket. G & D reprint, no exact date of publishing as 1923 probably isn't the G & G year. Gray cloth. 483pp plus publisher's ads. Botanical patterned endpapers. Color frontispiece. Slight wear to cloth near front tip at bottom edges of the covers. VG-thus. The dj has the front panel separated from the backstrip and reinforced with old tape to back panel with some loss at edges. It still looks good under the protector but is only "fair."
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Faint toning to preliminaries but the main text is clean and bright, in decorated cloth; slightly shaken front hinge.; 483 pages.
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Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. A Near Fine copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gold. One of 350 copies in this limited edition. No date, but estimated c.1980. No dust jacket, perhaps as issued.
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Ralph, Lester. Good. Book 483 pages, color frontis by Lester Ralph, decorated endpapers; 12mo, tan cloth/red titles/white flag front cover. Lightly bumped spine ends, faint spot cover corner, front inner hinge broken, slit in paper of rear inner hinge, brief gift note verso of frontis, very good-; contents good, no dust jacket.
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Very Good. Book Doubleday, Page, 1923 VG CLOTH HARDCOVER No DJTannish Gray cloth covered boards with red lettering on spine and front cover, White flag on a red stick on the front, with the title printed on it. Pictorial cover has chip ping to the white flag. Garden City, NY Doubleday, Page & Co. 1923 Stated First Ed. 483pp. Cloth.