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Kate Bates is another Gene Stratton-Porter unsung hero in the tradition of Elnora Comstock, of A Girl of the Limberlost, and Freckles and Laddie, of books of the same name. As the youngest child, and female, in a large prosperous farm family, she has been designated as her mother's helper in old age. Kate finds this unfair since all of the brothers have been given land and the older sisters sent to teacher training. With the help of a nephew and sister-in-law, she defies her parents, becomes a teacher, leaves home. Her real ambition, however, is to own and cultivate a large farm. After rejecting the easy path to her dream, she suffers through a bad marriage but ultimately acquires her land and achieves happiness.

Talks about the adventures of 10-year-old Penrod Schofield. Penrod's sidekick is Samuel Williams, and together they improvise, causing general mischief and disorder wherever they go. In picaresque fashion, a fencing battle takes them all through the neighborhood. This is a nostalgic look at turn-of-the-century Indiana.

Tells the story of an impoverished young girl, Elnora Comstock, growing up on the edge of the Limberlost swamp.

This classic romantic thriller contains all the elements of a good mystery story: an isolated mansion inhabited by mysterious creatures, a handsome hero, duels, ghosts, and an old-fashioned shoot-out.

First published in 1883, this charming book includes many of James Whitcomb Riley's signature poems, including "e;Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer"e; and "e;When the Frost Is on the Punkin."e; Also graced by noted Brown County artist Will Vawter's folksy illustrations of farm scenes from our past, this Library of Indiana Classics edition faithfully reproduces the 1905 edition. A must-have for Riley enthusiasts everywhere, it offers a warm look at how farm life was depicted over a century ago.

Originally published in 1908, this work relates the boisterous boyhood adventures of the narrator, Thomas Andrew William Addison. Young Tom Addison - fighting the forest, the elements, and ferocious animals of rural Indiana - is the quintessential hero of early twentieth-century boys' lore of action and suspense.

Written with Hoosier humor and candor, Eggleston's delightful portraits of heroes and villains are a bit sentimental, but they are perceptive-full of life and truth.

Set in Rainbow Bottom along the Wabash River, this book tells of the lives of a dissipated Irishman, Jimmy Malone, his long-suffering wife Mary, and Jimmy's boyhood friend and lifelong companion, Dannie Macnoun. Through Jimmy's deceitfulness Mary is lost to Dannie for many unhappy years. Love triumphs over lies and adversity, later.

Offers a view of Indianapolis evolution from a major marketing center to a great industrial city.

The time is 1813, during America's last war with England; the place is the Ohio Valley, the thickly wooded highway of western settlement. Wolves still howl at midnight on village greens. Each log cabin is a fortress, and no one travels without a knife and gun. This is an adventure story set in the backwoods of the Ohio Valley frontier.

Tells the story of the Robinson family during the Great Depression in Greene County, Indiana. Seely Robinson is the tenacious 11-year-old heroine, and it is from her perspective that the story is told.

Gene Stratton-Porter's tale of a plucky, orphaned newspaper boy is now back in print!

The narrative mode of 'Laddie' may prevent an easy suspension of disbelief to some readers. It is told in the first person by the eight- or ten-year-old Little Sister but from the later position of adulthood.

Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost, and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel," he determines to find out about his past.

The stories in this Indiana classic will captivate still another generation of young readers and awaken nostalgia in many an adult.

Describes the adventures of a young boy growing up in early nineteenth-century rural Indiana. This is a book for children or adults who love nature and tales of early pioneer life.

Broken in spirit and body, James Lewis MacFarland, a wounded veteran of World War I, decides to escape from the military hospital before he is sent to a hospital for tubercular patients. He sets out on a great adventure which takes him to the healing sun and ocean of California.