When was freckles published

Gene Stratton-Porter books followers. She was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company.

She wrote some of the best selling novels and well-received columns in magazines of the day. Porter in , and they had one daughter, Jeannette.

She became a wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one of the last of the vanishing wetlands of the lower Great Lakes Basin. The Limberlost and Wildflower Woods of northeastern Indiana were the laboratory and inspiration for her stories, novels, essays, photography, and movies.

Although there is evidence that her first book was "Strike at Shane's", which was published anonymously, her first attributed novel, The Song of the Cardinal met with great commercial success. Her novels Freckles and A Girl of the Limberlost are set in the wooded wetlands and swamps of the disappearing central Indiana ecosystems she loved and documented.

She eventually wrote over 20 books. Search review text. Teresa Carrigan. This book was written several generations ago.

When I first read it more than 40 years ago? Rereading it now, I found myself noticing the cultural differences between now and when it was written. Most noticeable were these: 1. Class stratification. Upper class people were just plain not supposed to even think about marrying those from the lower class, particularly if it was likely that they were bastards or not of good breeding.

Good manners and ethics are apparently something that can be inherited, even if you were abandoned as an infant and raised in an orphanage.

Good breeding will obviously overcome any "home environment". Clearing a swamp that is home to all kinds of rare animals, birds, insects, trees, etc, is progress, and that is a good thing. Yes, take photos of them first, and collect specimens, but do go ahead and clear the swamp. Shooting an otter so that its pelt could be made into a muff for a gift was a good idea.

Nobody even considered whether the recipient might not have preferred to allow the otter to live. So this time instead of paying particular attention to all the tidbits about birds, trees, flowers, etc - I found myself reading it more like an historian or sociologist, and marveling at just how much American culture has changed in the last hundred years. Toni Miranda.

Spoiler alert! This one was okay. I would have given it one more star, but I didn't like the ending. Freckles was an orphan who didn't know his parents and who had a terrible childhood, but he turned into an honest, honorable young man. I didn't like that in the end it was inferred that he could only be such a fine young man if his parents had been rich or of noble birth.

And then of course it turns out that he is the son of a Lord. So what! One doesn't have to be rich to be good - in fact I think being rich actually makes it harder to be virtuous and honorable. First Thus. First Grosset printing in original green cloth binding with original red and black title and stamping to cover and spine. Hint of toning.

A very nice copy in surprisingly well maintained condition. Gene Stratton Porter. Jeannette Stratton - Porter Meehan. Published by John Murray, London, First Edition Signed. From United Kingdom to U. Blue Cloth. By the author of Freckles and A Girl of the Limberlost.

First Edition, a 2nd imprint. Used - Hardcover Condition: Near Fine. From Canada to U. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A Classic Children's novel by this Great Author. Fogarty, Thomas illustrator. First edition thus, hardcover with all plates present, book has a light lean to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners with a touch of creasing to the upper corners of the first and last several pages, some minor edge wear to the covers with a small spot of soiling to the head of the back cover near the corner, and a previous owner's gift inscription from the year of publication inked to the half title page, otherwise a solid Very Good copy.

From Australia to U. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Blue binding, gold title, emboss decoration. Owner's name at front, otherwise a clean straight book, spine slightly faded.

Stratton-Porter, Gene adapted by Helen R. Published by Frank E. Richards, Phoenix, NY, Bode, Vaughn illustrator. Rare early example of illustrations by Vaughn Bode, later a famed underground comic book artist, who worked on a series of juvenile books by this New York publisher. Text is rewritten by Prevo from the original Stratton-Porter text.

Faux leather covers are scuffed and have a few small wrinkles in spots. Stetson Crawford illustrator. First Edition First Printing with on the title and copy right pages and the statement Published October The book has an owner name, offsetting to the end papers and bumped corners. Binding pretty good; pages pretty clean; name in pencil erased from front endpaper; covers worn and a bit soiled; lacking the very dust jacket.

Scarce first edition of the great classic. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fair. Condition: Fair. Hard Cover. Wheeler, Herschel illustrator. First American Edition. Good condition. Clean text, breaks in the spine. Ownership mark on the FEP. Edge wear and rubbing also. Published by Edition Stemmle, Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Like new. Published by F. Briggs illustrator. Illustrations by "Briggs. Book has some stains. Size: 4. Pictorial Cover Hardback. Wheeler, Herschel D. Photographer illustrator. Published by Longmeadow Press, Used - Hardcover. Levy, Barbara illustrator.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Published by Whitman Big Little Book, Used - Hardcover Condition: Good Condition. Condition: Good Condition. First Edition 1st Edition. Size: Small. First Edition Signed. Judy Mehn Zabriskie illustrator. Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library, Usual Markings. Moderate general wear.

Sonia O. Lisker illustrator. A very good hardcover. Binding is excellent, no markings inside or out and the covers are clean. A collector's copy. There are 40 pages. Published by pacific press pub.

Used - Hardcover Condition: Near Fine. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very nice solid tight copy with little wear and jacket with edge wear and small chips and dings. No other printings listed. Published by Bobbs-Merrill.