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Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 - December 6, 1924), born Geneva Grace Stratton, was a Wabash County, Indiana, native who became a self-trained American author, nature photographer, and naturalist. In 1917 Stratton-Porter used her position and influence as a popular, well-known... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Laddie: A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter Loosely based on Stratton-Porter's own childhood, Laddie is a double tale -- the classic poor-boy/rich-girl romance... Read Full Overview

A novel of family, character, and rural life, Laddie: A True Blue Story presents a structured narrative of upbringing, community, and personal development within a domestic setting.

Told from the perspective of a young narrator, the work centers on the... Read Full Overview

Every few days I followed the lane as far back as the Big Gate. This stood where four fields cornered, and opened into the road leading to the woods. Beyond it, I had walked on Sunday afternoons with father while he taught me all the flowers, vines, and bushes he knew, only he... Read Full Overview

Laddie is told by "Little Sister", the youngest child of a "Stanton" family of 12 children, and centers around her experiences as the older ones grow up, fall in love and marry. Little Sister loves being outside more than anything - except her big brother Laddie, her hero and... Read Full Overview

Loosely based on Stratton-Porter's own childhood, Laddie is a double tale--the classic poor-boy/rich-girl romance and the story of a child of nature and her idyllic childhood.

Loosely based on Stratton-Porter's own childhood, Laddie is a double tale -- the classic poor-boy/rich-girl romance and the story of a child of nature and her idyllic childhood.

"Have I got a Little Sister anywhere in this house?" inquired Laddie at the door, in his most coaxing voice. "Yes sir," I answered, dropping the trousers I was making for Hezekiah, my pet bluejay, and running as fast as I could. There was no telling what minute May might take... Read Full Overview

Laddie

Gene Stratton-Porter's classic tale, and one of her best-selling novels, about a large Midwestern farming family, and its twelfth son who holds a deep connection to the land.Described by Stratton-Porter as her most autobiographical novel, the family and scenes depicted in the... Read Full Overview