Moths of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton-Porter
Read by J. M. Smallheer
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) (4 hr 32 min)
Chapters
Moths of the Limberlost | 20:05 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Moths, eggs, caterpillars, winter quarters | 43:42 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Robin Moth | 38:39 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Yellow Emperor | 15:51 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Lady Bird | 10:46 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Moths of the moon | 13:18 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
King of the hollyhocks | 11:05 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Hera of the corn | 16:44 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Sweetheart and the Bride | 9:31 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Giant Gamin | 17:17 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Garden Fly | 10:49 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Bloody-Nose of Sunshine Hill | 12:24 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Modest Moth | 10:48 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The Pride of the Lilacs | 12:51 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The King of the Poets | 28:40 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
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I learned a lot about moths.
Carolyn Johnson