A homeless Irish boy with one hand and no name but Freckles talks his way into a job with the Grand Rapids Lumber Company, walking the line around its valuable timber in the Limberlost. Alone in the swamp he learns its birds, moths and flowers, defends the trees from Black Jack’s gang of thieves and falls for a girl he calls the Swamp Angel.
A 1904 story of courage and the natural world, written by a naturalist who knew the Limberlost first hand. Download the free EPUB.