Gene Stratton-Porter - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • A Girl of the Limberlost was adapted four times for film, first as a silent film in 1924 (produced by Stratton's own company), then again in 1934, in 1945 (by Columbia Pictures), and most recently, a made-for-TV version in 1990.
  • Catherine Woolley, author of the Ginnie and Geneva series of children's books, may have named her character of "Geneva Porter" after Geneva Stratton-Porter.

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