Michael O'Halloran [Annotated] Review
This edition of Michael O'Halloran includes a biography of the author Gene Stratton-Porter from Wikipedia.
Gene Stratton-Porter's novel Michael O'Halloran (1915) concerns a courageous orphan newsboy growing up in a midwestern metropolis. O'Halloran is living life in poverty, but when he meets a crippled orphaned girl, Lily Peaches, the course of his life changes. He shows what he is made of and brings happiness to those around him and making everyone's life sunnier.
Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924), American novelist and naturalist, was born on a farm in Indiana and became one of Indiana's best-known authors. Writing fiction to support her passion for observing natural habitats, she also wrote non-fiction works that extensively dealt with birds, flowers, and other natural wonders. She fought for the conservation of the Limberlost Swamp and took up other cases of public welfare as well. A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) and Freckles (1904) are two of her most famous works.
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