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| A Daughter of the Land (The Bestsellers of 1918) |  | Author: Gene Stratton Porter
Publisher: Classic Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $48.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 2945486
Media: Library Binding
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0742613224
EAN: 9780742613225
ASIN: 0742613224
Publication Date: May 2000
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Product Description
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.
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 A different feel from her other work December 3, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This story is definitely edgier than a lot of Gene Stratton-Porter's other work. I hated it the first time I read it, but I went back and read it again as a grown up and was surprised. The story seems to have more depth, and if anything, the mistakes and problems of all of the characters are more realistic than many of the stories she wrote. You believe people would act this way...even though it is a bit of a soap opera. Things work out, but not without the heroine really growing from experience.
Daughter of the Land March 16, 2000
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
In many ways I preferred this book to A Girl of the Limberlost. It was less gaudily emotional but interestingly, the heroine's parents are also less than satisfactory, and the story honestly portray's the heroine's own difficulty loving her daughter as much as her son. Still, I was left with no real understanding of why she discarded the wealthy suitor for the boor! But it seemed a fairly accurate portrayal of society of the time.
 Superb!!!! March 17, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book almost as much as Laddie, and place it right next to A Girl of the Limberlost. The story touched me, and every girl that reads Stratton-Porter books must read this masterpiece. Touching!!!
Superb!!!! March 17, 1999
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
I loved this book almost as much as Laddie, and place it right next to A Girl of the Limberlost. The story touched me, and every girl that reads Stratton-Porter books must read this masterpiece. Touching!!!
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