Moths of the Limberlost

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863 - 1924)

Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 - December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one of the last of the vanishing wetlands of the lower Great Lakes Basin. The Limberlost and Wildflower Woods of northeastern Indiana were the laboratory and inspiration for her stories, novels, essays, photography, and movies. She was an accomplished author, artist and photographer and is generally considered to be one of the first female authors to promulgate public positions; conserving the Limberlost Swamp in her case.

Although Stratton-Porter wanted to focus on nature books, it was her romantic novels that made her famous and generated the finances that allowed her to pursue her nature studies. In Moths of the Limberlost, she shares her lifelong love of the moths she describes through a series of charming anecdotes and wonderfully descriptive passages, providing vivid detail of each stage of their life cycles. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and expanded by J. M. Smallheer)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Nature, Science

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Moths of the Limberlost J. M. Smallheer
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Play 02 Moths, eggs, caterpillars, winter quarters J. M. Smallheer
00:43:42
Play 03 The Robin Moth J. M. Smallheer
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Play 04 The Yellow Emperor J. M. Smallheer
00:15:51
Play 05 The Lady Bird J. M. Smallheer
00:10:46
Play 06 Moths of the moon J. M. Smallheer
00:13:18
Play 07 King of the hollyhocks J. M. Smallheer
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Play 08 Hera of the corn J. M. Smallheer
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Play 09 The Sweetheart and the Bride J. M. Smallheer
00:09:31
Play 10 The Giant Gamin J. M. Smallheer
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Play 11 The Garden Fly J. M. Smallheer
00:10:49
Play 12 Bloody-Nose of Sunshine Hill J. M. Smallheer
00:12:24
Play 13 The Modest Moth J. M. Smallheer
00:10:48
Play 14 The Pride of the Lilacs J. M. Smallheer
00:12:51
Play 15 The King of the Poets J. M. Smallheer
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