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Nan Songer grew up collecting bugs and studied with a well-know botanist Marie Meislahn. She grew tired of studying dead bugs, and filled her house with live bugs in jars to study their habits and behaviors. A friend told her how he had used spider silk to repair his surveying scope, and Nan was hooked. She figured out how to gather silk from spiders, and which spiders had what size of silk. She then helped the manufacturers in the WWII effort by supplying them with spider silk for crosshairs in gunsights, bombsights, periscopes, and range finders.
Klostermann reveals a fascinating little know story about a unique woman hero who helped the war effort. It is perfect for kids who are fascinated by insects. Lambert beautifully brings this story to life.
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