Gene Stratton-Porter (1863 1924) was an American author, naturalist, and photographer. She was one of the first women to form a movie studio and production company. Although her first love was her nature books, her romance novels were very successful and provided the funds for her nature studies. In Freckles a nameless waif has the job of guarding the boundaries of a large tract of the dense Indiana swamps. He is very familiar with this area: an area he has learned to know through keen observation. He gives his heart to one of its inhabitants, a girl he calls the Swamp Angel."

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863 - 1924) was an American author, naturalist, and photographer. She was one of the first women to form a movie studio and production company. Although her first love were her nature books, her romance novels were very successful and provided the funds for her nature studies. Her Father's Daughter is the story of Linda, a young girl of seventeen, who has been brought up by her father to appreciate and understand all the beauty of her surroundings. After his death, she faces a difficult situation.

Freckles is a one-handed, plucky waif of an orphan, who has been raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage and yet speaks with a powerful Irish accent. He applies for a job guarding timber in the swamp, and is accepted despite his youth and the disability of his having only one hand. He insists that the name given him in the orphanage "is no more my name than it is yours."

Freckles develops an interest in the wildlife of the swamp and in natural history, and falls in love with the Swamp Angel. The storys primary action involves his self-education, his loyalty to his employer, his growing...

Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.

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Elnora Comstock grows up on the banks of Limberlost Swamp in Indiana with her bitter mother, Katharine. Unable to afford an education, Elnora develops a plan to sell artifacts and moths from the swamp. "A Girl of the Limberlost" has been considered a classic since its publication in 1909, inspiring several film adaptations.