Laddie: A True Blue Story

I cannot say how I love this story enough!!! Families CAN love and work together...not just ages ago, but now. The Stanton family can be a shining example if none other are near to you. Great read aloud for the whole family.

Two stars for the print format, not for the writing. There is no publisher or copyright date inside. The cover has a photo of a trail between trees.

This edition has 8 or 9 point font, the lines are uncomfortably close, and the text color is slightly faint so there isn't strong contrast between the type and the page color. I don't recommend this edition for reading unless you have good light and great eyes. And don't mind straining them.

OK, so I love Gene Stratton Porter books. I enjoy the lessons, rich outdoor descriptions, and Christian overtones. I am 26 and found this book charming. It held my interest, but just didn't have the same qualities as other classics. Its almost too sweet. So, not bad, not great.

I simply loved this book. I loved the simplicity of life. The sweetness of family. The love of God and Country. I have enjoyed several Gene Stratton Porter books but this has to be one of my favorites. It was blissful.

Gene Stratton Porter has always been my favorite Novelist. Her books are from another time when morals and faith were central to a person's life. Laddie is a heart warming story that you can't put down.

I felt this book was great at giving examples of ideal utopian family life, and thus a great model for our own families to strive for. However, the book was very slow reading for me personally. I prefer a faster pace and more intriguing story, with fewer predictable instances of foreshadowing.

I love this story! After reading my digital copy I decided to order the hard copy. I was very disappointed in the extremely small text. Beautiful book. It's a shame not to be able to read it in print. For the story I would give it five stars, but because I am reviewing the hard copy I'm giving it 2.

Laddie is the story of the Straton family of Indiana as seen through the eyes of Little Sister, the youngest of twelve. Descended from the Crusaders and proud pioneer people, the Stratons live on a prosperous farm and raise their brood "the old fashioned way." It is a tender story of loyalty, love, and probably the most important character is the land itself, it's creatures, plants and beauty. It contains two sweet love stories involving Laddie, Little Sister's favorite sibling and Shelly, Little Sister's lovliest sister and a mystery concerning their neighbor, they nick-named The Princess.

I would have given this book a couple more stars but I found the continual preachiness distracting. The story line was often halted to give unnecessary sermons on Christianity and seemed almost like it was aimed at converting readers. A little bit of religion would have been charming, but in this book it was way over done.

Published by General Books, this is a travesty of a book. It is full of weird, inexplicable letters and symbols that make no sense whatsoever. It has paragraphs that end mid-sentence, never to resume. It has paragraphs that begin mid-sentence. It has sections that are reasonable but then they are interspersed by all this junk. I would never have bought this edition if I had had any idea what I was getting.

A goodie from 1913. A story that Little Sister tells about her large-sized family, but most specifically, about her older brother whom she simply adores, Laddie.

It is a rather "pretty" type of story from the late 1800s in Indiana. Written in descriptive prose, similar in style to perhaps L.M. Montgomery or Louisa May Alcott (a favorite type of writing style for me!). It contains many great lessons pertaining to a loving family and an Almighty God. I enjoyed how much of the family's Christian faith was infused into the entire book.

The descriptions and textual imagery are perfect, providing an authentic "country" kind of feel the story, and often describing gorgeous nature scenes so perfectly, I can see it before my eyes. Quality values and old-fashioned traditions seep through the pages. Whatever the predicament or joyous occasion taking place, you're always rooting for Little Sister and for Laddie.

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Laddie stooped down to kiss me good-bye and he said: "Don't cry, Little Sister. The way to be happy is to be good." (CHAPTER XVII, Laddie)
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This is the epitome of wholesome literature.

If you like reading ebooks, grab a free copy of Laddie from the store or Project Gutenberg!

I love JS Porter books. I guess my favorite would be Girl of the Limberlost because that's where I met Jean and her wonderful adventures. But 'Laddie,a True Blue Story' was just as wonderful. As is my experience with these books, Laddie was another of those characters that I would love to know as one of my best friends. He is true and blue to all that he loves. You will go to a wonderful place as you read this and there will be a bit of mourning when it's time to leave. Please do read it. You will never regret it.

Parkman is that unusual combination of great scholar and wonderful writer. His books depicting the history of French exploration of North America and the conflict between the French and the British for control of North America remain the basic narratives of these events. Parkman's writing, combining narrative, psychological insight into major historical actors, and use of rhetoric that seamlessly reflects his narrative, is often superb. This particular book is almost entirely devoted to the career of the Sieur De La Salle, the French explorer obsessed with establishing French control over the Mississippi valley. Parkman provides vivid portraits of the almost incredible hardships of travel in North America, the character of politics in the French colonies, and an insightful treatment of La Salle and his associates. Parkman's powerful but restrained language often recalls the style of Tacitus.

I've owned this book in hardcopy for several years, since I found it buried in my tiny town's library. Believe me, people, it is a FIND if you like classic stories. The characters are sweet and endearing, the setting is as fascinating as a Laura Ingalls Wilder book--if you like farm life--and the narrator is adorable and so very likeable. In an age where every story for YA audience is filled with makeout sessions, insta-love and vampires, it's so nice to get back to some clean living!

I chose this classic to read because it was listed as a "must-read" in the book A Thomas Jefferson Education to help parents and teachers learn how to mentor their children through reading of the Classics. I haven't yet finished it, but every spare minute I have (which is hard with three toddlers in the house!), I'm devoting to find out Little Sister's next adventure. I can't wait to see what happens with the Princess and Laddie, and am so glad when things go well for the family.

So vivid a story, I am pleased to be reading this as an adult. Somehow I wasn't required to read it in public school growing up, and therefore just didn't.

Gene Stratton-Porter books figured heavily in the world of my childhood. I loved all of them, but a special place was always reserved for Laddie. I have no idea how many times I read it. This look at the lives and personalities of an Indiana farm family provides a glimpse of a world no longer existing. The emphasis on God is a little heavy, but it is seen through the eyes of a fascinating child, and probably illustrates moral values and issues of the time and culture accurately.

While there is a new Introduction, this is the historic account of Robert LaSalle's exploration of the Louisiana territory in the 1680s. Parkman first published this treatise in 1869; it has since been reprinted numerous times. An excellent, thoroughly engrossing recounting of the exploration of the territory which LaSalle claimed for France in 1682, through which the reader not only learns of the daily travails of the little band of explorers, but also, the human frailties of the man, Robert Cavelier, known as LaSalle. This book gives life to a name from history, and exemplifies the methodical research done by Parkman in the days before telephones, faxes, and copiers. I was thoroughly impressed by the subject and the writer. Excellent; informative, totally enthralling reading-writers of today should take note! Kudos to the publishers (and Krakauer) for bringing this series (back) to life!

Wonderfully written novel with wonderful biblical values included. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry, and many times you learn about "how-to's" from way back then that you could implement today. I truly recommend this book!