Daughter of the Land

Mrs. Porter's stories are laid in Indiana, in the region of the Limberlost, a great swamp which has been "e;shorn, branded and tamed"e; by oilmen and lumbermen, who have driven away the many birds, moths and butterflies, and destroyed much of the plant life. "e;A Daughter of the Land"e; is Mrs. Porter's most ambitious novel. It is the life story of a girl up to the time of her second marriage. The heroine was the youngest of sixteen children and as a girl was denied the educational advantages given to her brothers. She had the courage to rebel and make her own life.