Gene Stratton Porter

A Girl of the Limber lost Annotated Gene Stratton Porter

A Girl of the Limber lost, a novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in August 1909. It is considered a classic of Indiana literature . The novel is set in northeastern Indiana. Most of the action takes place either in or around the Limber lost, or in the nearby, fictional town of Onabasha. The novel's main character, Elnora Comstock, is an impoverished young woman who lives with her widowed mother, Katharine Comstock, on the edge of the Limber lost. Elnora faces cold neglect by her mother, a woman who feels ruined by the death of her husband, Robert Comstock, who drowned in quicksand in the swamp. The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limber lost Swamp. Even at the time, this impressive wetland region was being reduced by heavy logging, natural oil extraction and drainage for agriculture.