Book in Review: Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter

With all the extra time I've had lately (since I've been without a job) I took it into my head to get back that love of reading which was once so strong in my heart. So last week I pulled The Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter off my shelf and dove in. I've read this book several times in the past, and still am able to derive much pleasure out of it. I have also previously read Freckles by the same author and thoroughly enjoyed that. Because of this I decided to look Gene Stratton-Porter up on the Library. Several books were listed, a couple of which I was able to pick up right away.
I finished the first one early this morning (around 3 am), called Her Father's Daughter. It takes place in California right after World War 2. Its about a 17 year old girl, Linda, who inherited her Father's love & knowledge of the outdoors. Her parents were killed in an automobile accident, so Linda is left to be cared for by her older sister who only cares about being a social butterfly. Linda and her sister, Eileen, could not be more different, and their personalities clash more than once during the story.
A good part of the book is used to describe the nature that Linda so enjoys and is consistently amongst. As a Horticulture student living on the West Coast, I liked reading about the plants Linda came across because I was able to recognize many of them. However, it sometimes seemed to chop up the story too much for me.
One thing that made me uncomfortable was the attitude Linda had towards the Japanese students in her school. When I started the book it really bothered me when she would refer to one as a "Jap". As I continued reading I realized that the Japanese influence on public education and on the economy was a common concern in those days.
Overall I thought the book was fairly good, but definetly not as good as Girl of the Limberlost.