The libraries of Hendricks County are teaming up to promote the work of Hoosier author Gene Stratton-Porter. Stratton-Porter is best known for her novel A Girl of the Limberlost which depicts life in early 20th century Indiana near the Limberlost swamp. Stratton-Porter was a naturalist who frequently wrote about the Limberlost.
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