Gene Stratton-Porter's Books,
a Collector's List
by David G. MacLean
Gene Stratton-Porter's Books
26 Collectible BOOKS BY GENE STRATTON-PORTER
- The Song of the Cardinal-1903
- Freckles-1904
- What I have Done with Birds-1907
- At the Foot of the Rainbow-1907
- Birds of the Bible-1909
- A Girl of the Limberlost-1909
- Music of the Wild-1910
- The Harvester-1911
- After the Flood-1911
- Moths of the Limberlost-1912
- Laddie-1913
- Birds of the Limberlost Especially prepared for Katharine Minahan-1914
- Michael O'Halloran-1915
- Morning Face-1916
- Friends in Feathers-1917
- A Daughter of the Land-1918
- Homing with the Birds-1919
- Her Father's Daughter-1921
- The Fire Bird-1922
- The White Flag-1923
- Jesus of the Emerald-1923
- Wings-1923
- The Keeper of the Bees-1925
- Tales You Won't Believe-1925
- The Magic Garden-1927
- Let Us Highly Resolve-1927
- Lady of the Limberlost-1928 (by her daughter Jeanette Porter Meehan)
- Freckles Comes Home-1929 (by her daughter)
NOTICE: This book list used to be our only resource to find GSP titles. But recently, we've been able to bring you the listing of the books, essay, tapes and map available at the Limberlost State Historic Site Gift Shop. These are reprints of the original books. Please plan to visit the museum shop pages for how to order, for prices and to see what is available.
Many of you have asked for a list of all Mrs. Porter's publications. Thanks to Linda Janilla for painstakingly typing and sending us this list compiled by the gracious bookman, David G. MacLean.
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PO Box 14, Decatur, Indiana 46733.
Email is maclean@amerbook.com
His telephone number is 260.728.2810
Mr. MacLean does not buy or sell these books any longer!
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And remember, the Gift Shop at the Limberlost Cabin sells reprinted books in beautiful editions. Then you can have a reading copy of each of your collectible books!
Gene Stratton-Porter's most famous titles include A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, Keeper of the Bees, Michael O'Halloran, The Harvester, and The Song of the Cardinal. A Girl of the Limberlost was the first American book to be translated into Arabic.
Mrs. Porter's first love was exploring nature, meticulously documenting all the flora and fauna of the Limberlost swamp where she lived. She was a pioneer nature photographer whose techniques made her sought after by film manufacturers. A grateful public adored her fiction. It is still selling today. One estimate is that 50 million people have read Gene Stratton-Porter in many translations including Braille.
Mr. MacLean has sent the fans an explanation of Charles Porter's historic drug store. Read about it now.
In "Letters From Fans";, the question is asked " I used to drive through Decatur, Indiana and wonder which drug store Mr. Porter owned."
Mr. Porter's first drug store was in the town of Buffalo, Indiana. When the GR&I railroad arrived, a new town, Geneva, was plotted by the railroad people and the town of Buffalo, on the other side of the tracks, became part of Geneva. Mr. Porter moved his Buffalo drug store to the new town.
It later became the partnership of Porter & Deitsch. Charles Dorwin Porter's mother was a Dorwin and her brothers owned Dorwin Brothers drugstore in Decatur and, while Charles and his new bride, Geneva Grace Stratton, first set up housekeeping in Decatur, Charles never owned a drugstore in Decatur.
French Quinn, who knew the Porters well, recalled their early days in Decatur in "A Short, Short Story of Adams County, Indiana" which was published for the Decatur Centennial in 1936.
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Here is a link to our Table of Porter Pages for this Limberlost site.
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