Freckles

by Gene Stratton-Porter

Overview

In this companion book to the much-loved classic A Girl of the Limberlost, an orphaned teenager longs to find his place in the world. Freckles was discovered on the doorstep of a Chicago orphanage, badly beaten and missing a hand. He yearns for the fulfillment of useful work, and at Indiana's Limberlost Swamp, his grit and determination win him the difficult, dangerous job of guarding a valuable stand of timber. Faithful and brave in his daily tasks, Freckles comes to appreciate the beauty and majesty of the natural world amid the wetlands' sights, sounds, and silences.
As nature works miracles in the boy's lonely, starved heart, Freckles meets a kind and gentle girl who collects specimens for a wildlife photographer. Despite his growing love for his Swamp Angel, Freckles feels himself far below her station — until the opportunity arises for him to prove his true worth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486814308
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	04/19/2017
Series:	Dover Children's Evergreen Classics
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924) wrote several bestselling novels and was estimated to have had 50 million readers around the world. She used her prominent position to support conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other Indiana wetlands. Stratton-Porter was also one of the first women to form a movie studio and production company, and her Limberlost novels have been adapted to film many times.

Table of Contents

I	Wherein Great Risks Are Taken and the Limberlost Guard Is Hired	1
II	Wherein Freckles Proves His Mettle and Finds Friends	25
III	Wherein a Feather Falls and a Soul Is Born	51
IV	Wherein Freckles Faces Trouble Bravely and Opens the Way for New Experiences	93
V	Wherein an Angel Materializes and a Man Worships	157
VI	Wherein a Fight Occurs and Women Shoot Straight	189
VII	Wherein Freckles Wins Honor and Finds a Footprint on the Trail	217
VIII	Wherein Freckles Meets a Man of Affairs and Loses Nothing by the Encounter	233
IX	Wherein the Limberlost Falls upon Mrs. Duncan and Freckles Comes to the Rescue	265
X	Wherein Freckles Strives Mightily and the Swamp Angel Rewards Him	281
XI	Wherein the Butterflies Go on a Spree and Freckles Informs the Bird Woman	299
XII	Wherein Black Jack Captures Freckles and the Angel Captures Jack	321
XIII	Wherein the Angel Releases Freckles, and the Curse of Black Jack Falls upon Her	359
XIV	Wherein Freckles Nurses a Heartache and Black Jack Drops Out	389
XV	Wherein Freckles and the Angel Try Taking a Picture, and Little Chicken Furnishes the Subject	419
XVI	Wherein the Angel Locates a Rare Tree and Dines with the Gang	439
XVII	Wherein Freckles Offers His Life for His Love and Gets a Broken Body	463
XVIII	Wherein Freckles Refuses Love Without Knowledge of Honorable Birth, and the Angel Goes in Quest of it	495
XIX	Wherein Freckles Finds His Birthright and the Angel Loses Her Heart	533
XX	Wherein Freckles Returns to the Limberlost, and Lord O'More Sails for Ireland Without Him	559