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2 unusual facts about A Girl of the Limberlost


A Girl of the Limberlost

She tells Katharine that she has been mourning for a husband who was promiscuous and planning to cheat on her.

Eacles imperialis

Naturalist Gene Stratton Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost features E. imperialis prominently in the plot development, and her account of its life history in Moths of the Limberlost (a chronicle of her discovery of lepidoptera in early 20th century rural Indiana) captures not just the science but the charm of the giant silk moths and childhood discovery of nature.



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