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Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier
Locust The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier
Author: Jeffrey A. Lockwood
The story of America's most extraordinary insect, brilliantly recounted by the scientist who solved the mystery of its extinction. Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the continent, turning noon into dusk, demolishing farm communities, and bringing trains to a halt as the crushed bodies of insects greased...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780738208947
ISBN-10: 0738208949
Publication Date: 5/2004
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I thought this to be a very well written book by an author who holds entomology very dear to him. This book provided details I had never really heard about but which it is important to hear about for the past and future implications of pests. Also it did not focus on this locust species as just a terror for settlers but put it in it's place as one of the most important creatures to the plains and western United States. I liked it a lot!
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