A Girl of the Limberlost | Related Titles
In the dedication of The Harvester (1911) Porter wrote, "This portion of the life of a man of today is offered in the hope that in cleanliness, poetic temperament, and mental force, a likeness will be seen to Henry David Thoreau." Thus she identified the novel's primary social concerns: purity of life and appreciation of nature. David Langston's character is the product of his mother's moral teachings and his life in the woods; so his message to the medical convention concerns both his new medicine and the role of immorality in causing disease.
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