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CnMQg (Read and download) Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) Online [CnMQg.ebook] Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) Pdf Free Gene Stratton-Porter DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #3983635 in Books 2016-07-14Original language:English 11.00 x .29 x 8.50l, .69 #File Name: 153528854X126 pages | File size: 55.Mb Gene Stratton-Porter : Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter): 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Good Story, Rather DifferentBy pippalouThis is a nice story set in the late 1800s about a young man who is an orphan and only has one hand and how he manages to get a job with a lumber company and makes good. It's a 'man against himself' story since the young man, 'Freckles,' is pretty down on himself and thinks everyone else will be, too. Some people are, but the man who gives him a job thinks a lot of him and so does the girl he meets further on through the story. Mr. Freckles takes on a job to patrol some woods where a lot of valuable trees are growing, and he has to battle with his own fears of the dark and nature and also with men trying to cut down and steal the trees. Along the way, he learns a lot about nature, meets a nice girl, falls in love, and ends up impressing a lot of people with his persistence and determination. It's a bit predictable in some ways, but not overall, and the story is rather cute and funny and suspenseful at different moments. Nice book for older kids or adults who like that kind of book (like I do!)1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Swamped with Love of NatureBy CustomerAuthor, nature photographer and conservationist Gene Stratton-Porter was a favorite author of my late mother, also an Indiana native, who grew up perhaps an hour from what is now the Limberlost State Historic Site in Geneva. Stratton-Porter and her husband, Charles Porter, built a rustic 14-room log cabin home now far from the roughly 13,000-acre Limberlost Swamp in the early 1900s - and it was here that she wrote and five of her seven nature books and six of her 12 novels, including this one, "Freckles," and the one with which I'm more familiar, the follow-up "A Girl of the Limberlost." I well remember my mother talking about that book, and the author - I'm pretty sure she even read it to me at one time (probably more than once).So when I was offered an opportunity to get Freckles free at (through FreebookSifter.com), the memories came flooding back and I immediately downloaded it. Written in 1904 - well before my time and my mother's - I expected it to be a bit stilted in language and with, because of Stratton- Porter's conservationist leanings, a bit of Rachel Carson thrown in.That it was, and more; it certainly is reflective of a time when the "upper-crust" ruled and anyone without a well-documented family pedigree virtually was a non-person. That theme, almost above all else, came through loud and clear in this book, which follows the adventures of Freckles, a young man who was orphaned as an infant (missing a hand that had been cut off). Now grown, he's earned the favor of a man who owns a lumber company and is charged with protecting the valuable trees in the Limberlost - a stretch of swamp now owned by the company. Soon, a beautiful young woman enters - dubbed the "Angel" because of her love and acceptance of every living thing regardless of "station" in life. The story then follows their adventures in trying to protect the trees, the swamp and all the creatures living within it as well as development of Angel's relationship with Freckles, who sees himself as (in modern-day terms) a total loser because he's missing both a hand and the aforesaid pedigree.The dialogue is, in fact, a bit difficult, especially given the language of the day and Freckles' rather thick Irish brogue. Presumably, Stratton-Porter borrowed the latter from her Irish husband, but we have no idea where Freckles picked it up, since he was deposited in an English orphanage as a baby and had no interaction with anyone Irish until he was grown up (a mystery that bothers me and not a few other reviewers).As I read along, I also kept waiting for something truly awful to happen (a box of tissues was at my elbow throughout). But this really isn't a tear-jerker; and I was more inclined, given the times in which I live, to want to smack the characters upside the head than feel sorry about their belief that circumstances dictated their destinies. But that was then, and this is now - something readers must keep in mind throughout. If you view the book as a love story between two young people and an environment they both love, it's well written and poignant.11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Great Story TERRIBLE Print JobBy D.L.SayersGene Stratton-Porter's work tends to be all very sentimental, but quite sweet. I love her writing style. It always puts me in a good frame of mind. Dare I say it's got a Disney quality, but in a good environmentally friendly kind of way. That said, the production of this book was absolutely terrible. It was obviously a scanned copy of a library book. That is fine in and of itself but there were so many type-o's, and formatting errors that it was at time like trying to decipher a code. It's like the publishers scanned the book in, but ran no spell checks or formatting checks at all. Really I know nothing about publishing, and I could have done a better job with my home scanner and pc. The book was very inexpensive and since I had brought it on a plane to read, I did use it and was therefore unable to return it, but next time I would definitely not buy from this publisher. I should have purchased the title from a used book dealer. Really very disheartening-Ms. Stratton-Porter deserves better treatment. Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter. Freckles is a novel written by the American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton- Porter. It is primarily set in the Limberlost Swamp area of Indiana, with brief scenes set in Chicago. The title character also appears briefly in Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost. The novel is marked by its frequent, detailed, and loving descriptions of the flora and fauna of the wilderness through the eyes of its innocent protagonist. The hero is an adult orphan, just under twenty years of age, with bright red hair and a freckled complexion. His right hand is missing at the wrist, and has been since before he can remember. Raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage, he speaks with a slight Irish accent, "scarcely definite enough to be called a brogue." Exhausted after days of walking and looking like a hobo, he applies for a job with the Grand Rapids lumber company, guarding timber in the Limberlost Swamp. McLean, part owner, organizer and field manager of the large company, and enthralled with the Limberlost, is impressed by the boy's polite assertiveness and hires him despite his youth and disability. He gives his name only as "Freckles", insisting that he has no name of his own. He claims the name given him in the orphanage (which we never learn) "is no more my name than it is yours". Freckles asks McLean to choose a name for him to put down on the books. McLean gives Freckles the name of his own father, James Ross McLean. Freckles' duty is to twice a day walk the perimeter of the lumber company's land, a seven-mile trek through lonely swampland, and to be on the watch for those who aim to steal the expensive timber. McLean's chief worry is Black Jack Carter, who has sworn to smuggle several priceless trees out of the swamp. Freckles' weapons are limited to a revolver and a stout stick which he carries at all times and uses to test the wire that marks the company's boundaries. At night Freckles boards with Duncan, head teamster for the lumber company, and Duncan's wife, who becomes a mother figure to Freckles. From the Back CoverIn this book a homeless waif finds his deliverance in the primeval Limberlost swamp. Maimed and abandoned as an infant, Freckles seeks a chance to prove his worth. He is given that opportunity as the guard of the precious timber of the Limberlost. In his stewardship of the woods, he finds happiness in the companionship of the birds and other wild creatures and in the love of the beautiful Swamp Angel. This moving story of courage and virtue will warm the hearts of young and old.About the AuthorGene Stratton-Porter - American writer and naturalist. [CnMQg.ebook] Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) By Gene Stratton-Porter PDF [CnMQg.ebook] Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) By Gene Stratton-Porter Epub [CnMQg.ebook] Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) By Gene Stratton-Porter Ebook [CnMQg.ebook] Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) By Gene Stratton-Porter Rar [CnMQg.ebook] Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) By Gene Stratton-Porter Zip [CnMQg.ebook] Freckles (Gene Stratton-Porter) By Gene Stratton-Porter Read Online.