Michael O'Halloran (Library of Indiana Classics) - Softcover

Gene Stratton-Porter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253210453 ISBN 13: 9780253210456

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This early 20th-century classic chronicles the adventures of an orphaned newspaper boy in his "hand-to-hand scuffle" with life in a midwestern metropolis. Gene Stratton-Porter's faith in the healing power of nature is also apparent, in a lovingly depicted tamarack swamp set near the city.

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Synopsis:

Michael O'Halloran chronicles the adventures of an orphaned newspaper boy in his hand-to-hand scuffle with life in a midwestern metropolis. Young Mickey O'Halloran lives alone in a tenement in Multiopolis until he stumbles upon another orphan, a crippled little girl named Lily Peaches. Mickey takes her under his wing, determined to make a home in face of their poverty. They touch the lives of various men and women of the city, whose own values are strengthened through the example of these two plucky children. Gene Stratton-Porter's faith in the healing power of nature is also apparent, in a lovingly depicted tamarack swamp set near the city. The story of Mickey and Lily resonates into our when age, when definitions of 'home' and 'family' continue to fuel public and political discussion.

About the Author:

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was born on a farm in Indiana. She later lived in a cabin adjoining the Limberlost Swamp, immortalized in her best-selling A Girl of the Limberlost. In 1923 she moved to California for her health, but was killed in an automobile accident in 1924. Other Stratton-Porter novels reissued by Indiana University Press include Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, and The Keeper of the Bees.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0253210453
• ISBN 13: 9780253210456
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576