A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

Miss Bridie emigrates to America in 1856 and chooses to bring a shovel, which proves to be a useful tool throughout her life.

Traces twelve generations of the Tuttle family's history as one of New England's oldest farming families, describing the hardships they faced and how each generation strived to make the farm larger and more productive.