"Joanne Simpson made groundbreaking-or should we say cloudbreaking-discoveries about weather and how it worked. Born in Massachusetts in 1923, she became interested in clouds while sailing in Cape Cod. As a young adult, she went to the University of Chicago and began studying and then teaching meteorology. After the war, women were expected to go back to being homemakers, but Joanne instead received her Masters Degree and began a PhD program. She...

SUMMARY: Includes articles, games, poems, and suggestions for projects based on American history.

In this imaginary reminiscence, Charles Bentley recalls the life and times of his brother, Wilson A. Bentley, who made the study of snow his life's work.