Saturday, October 4: from 2:00 to 3:00 PM Crown Point Community Library 122 N Main Street Crown Point, IN

Attention, Personal Historians! Come to the visit of Gene Stratton Porter as personified by Meg DeMakas, book author and illustrator. Learn how a girl from the Victorian Era becomes compared to Teddy Roosevelt in the Conservation Movement.

Discover why a forty-year-old woman can begin a writing career that leads to worldwide recognition. Geneva Stratton Porter, 1863-1924, is famous for ‘Girl of the Limberlost’. Her life began near Fort Wayne, Indiana, until her move to Hollywood, California.