The Harvester Audiobook (Unabridged)

" One of my favorite books. "

" I liked the wholesomeness of this story. The man is full of integrity, patience, and gentleness. The love story is sweet, and it has a good ending. I enjoyed the descriptions of the plants and animals, but it did tend to go on and be a little excessive. Overall, though a nice old-fashioned love story. Clean and simple. "

" I liked this book! I can't decide how to rate it. It was just a little hard to get through but it had a good ending. "

" Not as good as Laddie (by the same author) but a fun, clean read, with beautiful descriptions of nature. "

" Beautiful love story. A little too much botany info but every husband should read this story and follow his example :) "

" Like most Gene Stratton Porter books, and most popular literature from the early 20th century, this book very sentimental with manly men and womanly women and a couple of villains, but I enjoyed reading it. "

" Excellent book. Interesting and engaging plot with some good twists and it kept me hooked right till the end. And her descriptions of nature are almost encyclopedic in their knowledge, yet beautiful at the same time. "

" Such an unrealistic book, yet it makes you happy to read it and wish for more! "

" A very sappy and sweet romantic story. I enjoyed this story, simply because I love Gene Stratton-Porter and it is a virtuous story. "

" I love, love ,love this author, very hard for me to describe her stories other than, I feel very much a part of her stories they feel very real ! "

" This is the picture of how a man and woman's relationship should be. I love David. I love Ruth. If I could, I would marrry somebody like David, somebody who is passionate, noble, God-fearing, and caring. If more men strove to reach this standard, our world would be a better place. :) "

" I really enjoyed the symbolism of harvesting a relationship with patience and hard work. The hero is by far the most "perfect" man I have found in literature. It gets a little too botanically descriptive at times. Very American novel. (Takes place in late 1800s early 1900s midwest.) "

" My favorite book by Gene Stratton Porter. "

" Quentin the psychic was emphatic that I needed to read this so I would recognize my soul mate when he came along. It's taken me months to get into it (I put it down for a loooong time), but I'm looking forward to reading it tonight. That's good, right? "

" This is one of my favorite Stratton-Porter books! "

" Wonderful period romance -- 1909 Michigan. I would just *love* to find an Annotated version of this book with expanded information about the multitude of plants and medicinal herbs, seeds, roots and flowers The Harvester gathers in his work. "

" I just finished reading The Harvester again, and once again transported to a world of wholesomeness, nature, beauty, love and dreams that become reality. I love this book and recommend it highly. "

" I absolutely loved this book. It was delightful to read about the harvesting of the herbs and the honesty of the harvester. I thought is was a very fun romance. "

" "The Harvester" doesn't quite resonate with my soul the way "Girl of the Limberlost" does, but it's still a fun, light summer-time read. "

" What an absolutely wonderful book! An old-fashioned, old-timey, romantic, mushy, scarcely-believable but totally sweet story about a man who honors the earth and nature; conjures his beloved; suffers trials and tribulations; you know where this is going. "

" I'm not usually fond of "dead authors" but this book was wonderful! I LOVED the ending! "

" I enjoyed the descriptions of the fields and woodlands immensely, plus I learned a lot of the medicinal uses of the wild plants. Ms Stratton-Porter outdid herself in the amount of nature writing surrounding the tender love story at the heart of the book. "

" I really liked this book, although it does have a lot of description of plants for medicinal purposes. Beautiful story of faith, perseverance, and love set in descriptive language. "

" Sappy, very sappy. I loved the book. "

" this is what a real love story is. it's a little slow and weird in the beginning but then it turns into this beautiful handbook for how men should treat their wives and i don't know how anyone could read it and not just melt. "

" Lovely, lovely, lovely! New favorite book! "

" I really enjoyed this book though it was slightly 'dragging' at times...:D Great read for anyone who enjoyes reading about nature, romance, and a little bit of mystery! ;) "

" I enjoyed the descriptions of the fields and woodlands immensely, plus I learned a lot of the medicinal uses of the wild plants. Ms Stratton-Porter outdid herself in the amount of nature writing surrounding the tender love story at the heart of the book. "

" Yes, its corny and romantic, with little speeches in it, but its a very good read. If you like L.M. Montgomery and Burnett (Secret Garden, Little Princess), you'd like Stratton-Porter's books. This one is brimming with plants and the love of nature and natural healing. And a good man. Sigh. "

" I read most of it. Pretty mushy. "

" One of Stratton Porter's very romantic novels of poor people who become rich or are unknowingly rich and thus of the "right" class. Also full of the birds, trees and natural history of the Indiana woods of the turn of the century, 1800's to 1900's. "