Author | Gene Stratton-Porter |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publication date | 1915 |
Media type |
Michael O'Halloran is a 1915 novel by the American writer Gene Stratton-Porter. [1]
Gene Stratton-Porter, born Geneva Grace Stratton, was a Wabash County, Indiana, native who became a self-trained American author, nature photographer, and naturalist. In 1917 Stratton-Porter used her position and influence as a popular, well-known author to urge legislative support for the conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in the state of Indiana. She was also a silent film-era producer who founded her own production company, Gene Stratton Porter Productions, in 1924.
It has been turned into films on three occasions:
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