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The Harvester

Gene Stratton-Porter

1911·564 pages·young adult

Historical Fiction Romance

“wonderful, alluring”
— Ruth

Idyllic bliss, pristine woods, a mysterious past Gene Stratton-Porter returns us to her beloved Midwestern woodlands with a hero modeled after Henry David Thoreau. He and his Ruth ultimately find idyllic bliss in the pure, unspoiled woods, but not before her mysterious past is revealed and resolved.

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The Harvester

Gene Stratton-Porter

Year

1911

Pages

564

Audience

young adult

Historical Fiction Romance Science & Mind

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Praise

“wonderful, alluring”
— Ruth

Description

Idyllic bliss, pristine woods, a mysterious past Gene Stratton-Porter returns us to her beloved Midwestern woodlands with a hero modeled after Henry David Thoreau. He and his Ruth ultimately find idyllic bliss in the pure, unspoiled woods, but not before her mysterious past is revealed and resolved.

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