PORTER, GENE STRATTON (MRS. CHARLES DARWIN): 1868-1924.
Gene Stratton , popular novelist of the first quarter of the Twentieth century, whose books are still widely read, was born on a farm in Wabash County, Ind., in 1868. She was the youngest of twelve children of Mark and Mary Shellenbarger Stratton and developed an interest in nature during her early life on the farm.
In 1886 she married Charles Darwin Porter. The couple lived in a cabin adjoining the Limberlost swamp –later made famous by Mrs. Porter in her books–and she continued her studies of wild life. For two years she edited the camera department of RECREATION, for another two years was on the natural history staff of OUTING, and for four years served as a specialist in natural history photography on PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES ANNUAL ALMANAC.
While criticism can be made of her literary skill and her sugary sentiment, no one can deny her thorough-going knowledge of nature and wild life, particularly of birds. She died in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1924.
Information from Who Was Who in America and Twentieth Century Authors.
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The Song of the Cardinal: a Love Story; the
Illustrations Being Camera Studies from Life by the Author
. Indianapolis, 1903.
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Freckles
. Garden City, N. Y., 1904.
- What I Have Done with Birds.
Indianapolis, 1907.
(Reissued in 1917 as Friends in Feathers.)
- At the Foot of the Rainbow. New
York, 1907.
- Birds of the Bible. New York,
1909.
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A Girl of the Limberlost
. Garden City, N. Y., 1909.
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Music of the Wild; with Reproductions of the
Performers, Their Instruments and Festival Halls
. New York, 1910.
- The Harvester. Garden City, N.
Y., 1911.
- Moths of the Limberlost; with Water Color and Photographic
Illustrations from Life. Garden City, N. Y.,
1912.
- After the Flood. Indianapolis,
1912.
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Laddie; a True Blue Story
. Garden City, N. Y., 1913.
- Birds of the Limberlost. Garden City, N.
Y., 1914.
- Michael O'Halloran. Garden City,
N. Y., 1915.
- Morning Face. Garden City, N.
Y., 1916.
- Friends in Feathers; Character Studies of Native American
Birds Which, Through Friendly Advances, I Induced to Pose for Me, or
Succeeded in Photographing by Good Fortune, with the Story of My Experiences
in Obtaining Their Pictures. Garden City, N.
Y., 1917. (Reissue of What I Have
Done with Birds.)
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A Daughter of the Land
. Garden City, N. Y., 1918.
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Homing with the Birds
. Garden City, N. Y., 1919.
- Her Father's Daughter. Garden
City, N. Y., 1921.
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The Fire Bird
. Garden City, N. Y., 1922.
- The White Flag. Garden City, N.
Y., 1923.
- Jesus of the Emerald. Garden City, N.
Y., 1923.
- Wings. Garden City, N. Y., 1923.
- The Keeper of the Bees. Garden City, N.
Y., 1925.
- Tales You Won't Believe. Garden
City, N. Y., 1925.
- Magic Garden. New York, 1927.
- Let Us Highly Resolve. Garden City, N.
Y., 1927.
- Freckles Finds Himself.
