"Her goal, she explained, was to use real-life studies of flowers and trees to describe settings for 'moral men and women who are spending their time and strength in an effort to make the world a better place for themselves and their children.'"
"By 1920 the author's literary world of sun-filled houses in flower-filled gardens had made her rich, with an estimated 45 million readers. When poor health slowed her output, she moved to Los Angeles. Here, Stratton-Porter formed a movie production company for her books."
Gene Stratton-Porter was born in rural Indiana in 1863 and became a bestselling author without completing high school. She wrote romantic fiction set in the Indiana countryside, combining nature essays with storytelling to promote moral values and environmental conservation. Her works reached approximately 45 million readers by 1920, generating substantial wealth. When health issues reduced her writing output, she relocated to Los Angeles and established a movie production company to adapt her books for film. She purchased property in Bel-Air, the newly developed luxury enclave created by oil magnate Alphonzo E. Bell as a country retreat modeled after East Coast estates.
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