This early 20th-century classic chronicles the adventures of an orphaned newspaper boy in his "hand-to-hand scuffle" with life in a midwestern metropolis. Gene Stratton-Porter's faith in the healing power of nature is also apparent, in a lovingly depicted tamarack swamp set near the city.
1. Happy Home in Sunrise Alley 2. Moccasins and Lady Slippers 3. S. O. S. 4. "Bearer of Morning" 5. Little Brother 6. The Song of a Bird 7. Peaches' Preference in Blessings 8. Big Brother 9. James Jr. and Malcolm 10. The Wheel of Life 11. The Advent of Nancy and Peter 12. Feminine Reasoning 13. A Safe Proposition 14. An Orphan's Home 15. A Particular Nix 16. The fingers in the Pie 17. Initiations in an Ancient and Honourable Brotherhood 18. Malcolm and the Hermit Thrush 19. Establishing Protectorates 20. Mickey's Miracle
Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924) was born on a farm in Indiana. She later lived in a cabin adjoining the Limberlost Swamp, immortalized in her best-selling A Girl of the Limberlost. In 1923 she moved to California for her health, but was killed in an automobile accident in 1924. Other Stratton-Porter novels reissued by Indiana University Press include Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, and The Keeper of the Bees.
