It is 1908 in rural Indiana. Elnora Comstock is determined to attend high school, even though her widowed mother calls her goal a "foolish dream". When taxes come due on the farm, Elnora must choose between her own dreams of a better life and her mother's demand that she quit school to help with the harvest. (105 min.).
year: 1992, 1984, 1986, 2007, 1991, 1990
call number/section: 1000
subjects: self-reliance, fiction, mothers and daughters, swamps, moths, indiana, fiction, nature, mother-daughter relationship, juvenile fiction, juvenile fiction
Editions
Stratton-Porter, Gene
Puffin Books (1992)
Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.
Schools: 1
Stratton-Porter, Gene
Indiana University Press (1984)
Elnora Comstock, an impoverished young girl growing up on the edge of the Limberlost swamp in Indiana, is a lover of nature who has an opportunity to pay for her education by collecting moths.
Schools: 2
Stratton-Porter, Gene
Dell (1986)
Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.
Schools: 0
Stratton-Porter, Gene
Dover Publications (2007)
Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.
Schools: 1
Stratton-Porter, Gene
distributed by All Things Family (1991)
In 1908, a rural Indiana girl who collects butterflies and moths is determined to attend high school, and must face a hard decision when her widowed mother needs help.
Schools: 0
Stratton-Porter, Gene
distributed by All Things Family (1991)
In 1908, a rural Indiana girl who collects butterflies and moths is determined to attend high school, and must face a hard decision when her widowed mother needs help.
Schools: 1
Porter, Gene Stratton
Public Media Video (1990)
It is 1908 in rural Indiana. Elnora Comstock is determined to attend high school, even though her widowed mother calls her goal a "foolish dream". When taxes come due on the farm, Elnora must choose between her own dreams of a better life and her mother's demand that she quit school to help with the harvest. (105 min.).
Schools: 1