This is the story of a middle-class family living in the industrialized "midland country" at the turn of the 20th century. It is against this dingy backdrop that Alice Adams seeks to distinguish herself. She goes to a dance in a used dress, which her mother attempts to renew by changing the lining and adding some lace. She adorns herself not with orchids sent by the florist but with a bouquet of violets she has picked herself. Because her family cannot...

History of the Frances Slocum.

In the fall of 1915, Alice Gray traded her life in Chicago for a solitary journey in the remote sand hills of northwest Indiana along Lake Michigan. Her audacity so bewitched reporters and a curious public that she became a legend in her own time-- "Diana of the Dunes."

Examines Stratton-Porter's early life exploring the treacherous Limberlost Swamp in northeastern Indiana to her development as an enormously popular writer. She also was saluted by conservationists, grateful for her passionate pleas on behalf of the environment.

Character sketch of Claire and the long procession of men who loved her.