Gene Stratton-Porter - for sale

[Mike Quinn]

Dear Gene Stratton-Porter Aficionados,
 
Going through my mail, I stumbled on this short March 1999 thread.
 
Many of Gene's childrens books are available through the following huge
used book search engine: http://www.bookfinder.com/  A variety of her
reprints are affordable, starting around US$10.00, but the following 1st
edition puppy will set you back
US$1,000.00!!!
 
"The Moths of the Limberlost"
Publisher: Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1912; First Edition. A very good
copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Elnora Palmer
Dunlap, With all loving good wishes, Gene Stratton-Porter, Limberlost
Cabin, Nineteen hundred twelve."
 
Mike Quinn, Donna, TX
 
>Sheri,
>
>Interesting.  One of the reasons Porter's books are so expensive is the
>mania about her in the heartland.  When shopping for a copy of "Moths of
>the Limberlost" you are competing with all the other Gene
>Stratton-Porter aficionados out there, and there are a lot of them.  One
>dealer in Indiana told me that her books are some of the most
>collectible books around here (I'm in Ohio).  $100.00 is a cheap price
>for any of her books now.  Too bad.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Eric
>
>Sheri Moreau wrote:
>>
>> Charles Gavette wrote a moving email on one of my most favorite
>> authors, and the woman who is directly responsible for getting me
>> involved in Lepidoptera. As a child, I inherited my grandmother's copy
>> of GSP's "A Girl of the Limberlost" and have read it at least once
>> annually ever since. Have also managed to obtain a number of her other
>> books, although an affordable copy of "The Moths of the Limberlost"
>> has thus far eluded me.
>>
>> I've always been curious as to whether she changed the spelling of her
>> name from "Jean/Jeanne" to the masculine form "Gene" to increase her
>> book sales, as so many other early women writers were forced to do
>> (George Sand, for example).
>>
>> I was unaware of how Gene died. How bizarre that like our local
>> naturalist celebrity here in Monterey, CA, "Doc" Ed Ricketts, it was
>> as a result of a senseless, easily avoidable accident (Ed's car was
>> hit by a train while he was on a beer run for some friends who'd
>> dropped by his Lab).
>>
>> At any rate, Charles, could you please share the URL for the page you
>> mentioned? I didn't realize Indiana had "shrines" to her memory, and
>> now foresee a trip to the midlands in my near future! And to think I
>> spent years of my life only 50 miles from Indiana!!!
>>
>> Thanks again for the info!
>>
>> Sheri <sheri at butterflywings.com>
>>
>> >>>>
>>
>>      A Gene Stratton-Porter page is located on the
>>      Internet. This coming spring and summer, I would like to
>>      visit the
>>      Limberlost Cabin, which was home to one who was a direct
>>      influence on my
>>      love for the Lepidoptera 38 years ago. Hope to see you
>>      there.