Gene Stratton-Porter: Novelist and Naturalist
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.33 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871950529 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kristen Johnson said An authentic look into the life of GSP. It seems a little unfair for me to "rate" this book, as the author is my own mother. What I can say is this: I have read this book multiple timesnot because I have a particular affinity for Gene Stratton-Porter, but more so that I have a desire to still hear my mother's voiceeven after all these years. She poured her heart and soul, along with countless hours of research and verification, into this book. She wanted to make sure it was "right." That's how she was. And it took her over "An authentic look into the life of GSP" according to Kristen Johnson. It seems a little unfair for me to "rate" this book, as the author is my own mother. What I can say is this: I have read this book multiple timesnot because I have a particular affinity for Gene Stratton-Porter, but more so that I have a desire to still hear my mother's voiceeven after all these years. She poured her heart and soul, along with countless hours of research and verification, into this book. She wanted to make sure it was "right." That's how she was. And it took her over 20 years to make sure she had it "right".I remember a. 0 years to make sure she had it "right".I remember a. Study in contrasts Amazon Customer I've always found Stratton-Porter a fascinating study in contrasts. A conservationist at a time when only the germs of the conservation movement existed, her advanced thinking did not yet extend to her focus on humankind and her views on her fellows were conventional to the point that some of the ones based on race and ethnicity look downright ugly today. Yet she was an unconventional woman in herself and broke through many of the stereotypes that bound her gender in her day. Never considered great from a literary standpoint, she is sti. Eliza said A unique woman in her own time--and in today's world as well.. I wish that Gene Stratton Porter was well known, and that her books were more popular than they are today. This book sheds some light on her unusual and interesting personality and life.
When Gene Stratton-Porter died in 1924, she was one of America’s most popular novelists and the best-known Indiana author. In this first complete account of Stratton-Porter’s life, Judith Reick Long reveals the author of sentimental and simple nature tales as a much more complex individual than she has heretofore been considered.