Michael O'Halloran

By: Gene Stratton-Porter

Narrated by: Rusty Nelson

Michael O'Halloran is the charming Gene Stratton-Porter novel of an orphaned newspaper seller who asks nothing of the world except to "be square". The book presents a vivid description of American life in 1914 and, though the characters suffer many hardships, the overall tone is so upbeat that it's easy to see why this book outsold Pollyanna in 1916. Stratton-Porter's skills as a naturalist make the country scenes especially vibrant. Her ear for dialogue is unsurpassed, demonstrating to the listener that if life in America wasn't like this, it should have been. Listeners of this book will be led to wonder if children and adults did speak this nicely to each other once upon a time and if the world would be a better place if everyone could just "be square".

Public Domain (P)2015 Books In Motion

One of my favourites

Gene Stratton-Porter is such a lovely writer and this is my favorite book of hers.

A book to make you smile

This was a delightful and heartwarming book! I loved every minute of it, and it will warm your heart too!

Refreshingly not 2023

The reader was fabulous except for the falsetto reading of the female child who is not in the book that much, so be patient. The storyline espouses the author’s socioeconomic views. I wonder if she is the founder of our current foster care program.