71. Gene Stratton-Porter — A Girl of the Limberlost with Sadie Stein
New York Times book editor and returning guest Sadie Stein joins us to discuss the semi-lurid, yet weirdly wonderful 1909 novel A Girl of the Limberlost by the once wildly popular novelist and McCall's magazine columnist, Gene Stratton-Porter.
Discussed in this episode:
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
“The Legend of Limberlost” by Kathryn Aalto (Smithsonian)
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Maud Hart Lovelace with Sadie Stein
Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace
Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin at Wildflower Woods
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson
The Deepening Stream by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Persephone Books)