The Fire Bird

by Gene Stratton-Porter

Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 – December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company.The Fire Bird is an Indian epic which marked her debut as a poet. This edition includes illustrations from the original 1922 publication.

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Fiction

71 pages, Nook

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

She was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some of the best selling novels and well-received columns in magazines of the day.

Born Geneva Grace Stratton in Wabash County, Indiana, she married Charles D. Porter in 1886, and they had one daughter, Jeannette.

She became a wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one of the last of the vanishing wetlands of the lower Great Lakes Basin. The Limberlost and Wildflower Woods of northeastern Indiana were the laboratory and inspiration for her stories, novels, essays, photography, and movies. Although there is evidence that her first book was "Strike at Shane's", which was published anonymously, her first attributed novel, The Song of the Cardinal met with great commercial success. Her novels Freckles and A Girl of the Limberlost are set in the wooded wetlands and swamps of the disappearing central Indiana ecosystems she loved and documented. She eventually wrote over 20 books.

Reviews

[Kate Sample · Rating 1 out of 5]

Though I love Gene Stratton-Porter, she has a few nutty ones.... this is one of those.

[Laurissa Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written and easy to follow poetry. Likevry book of hers, she makes it easy to picture all of it. A sad story of revenge.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll admit that when I first started to read, "The Fire Bird", I skimmed the first several pages not realizing the whole book is poetry and wanted to get to, "the good part". The part where the story begins. I'm not a lover of poetry. When I realized that the whole book is poetry, I went back to the beginning and figured I'd give it a go since I do love everything else I've read by Porter. I'm so glad I did! The poem is easily read and understood and the message in the poem is quite clear. It's a quick short read and well worth it.

[Aiden]

Meh