Title: The Harvester
Description: Author of ''A Girl of the Limberlost,'' Freckles, etc.

***The Harvester (1911) by Gene Stratton Porter is the story of a Thoreau-esque idealist and naturalist and his search for the love of his dreams, the Dream Girl.***

***David Langston, the Harvester, lives in the woods and harvests medicinal herbs which he sells for a living.*** Suddenly he encounters ***Ruth Jameson***, the real flesh-and-blood girl that had appeared to him only in his imagination. ***The Harvester woos her with all the impossible idealistic extremes of his heart, against all odds and with a selfless intensity.***

**An uplifting turn-of-the-century Indiana classic for all ages.*--Amazon***
Subjects: Christian Life, Gene Stratton-Porter, History, Historical, Fiction, Classic, Adult, YA, Young adult, American, Literature, Book, Novel, Hardcover, Paperback, audio-book, e-book, Kindle, Forest, Nature, Harvesting, Medicinal, Herbs, Herbalist, Income, Idealistic, Romance, Fiction, general, Indiana, fiction, Plant collectors, Human-animal relationships
Places: Indiana
People: (Fictional Characters) : David Langston, Ruth Jameson, Granny Moreland, Dr. Carey, Mrs. Carey, Dr. Harmon, Molly Barnet, Henry Jameson, Alexander Herron, Mrs. Herron
Time periods: 20th Century / 1911