Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier - Brossura

Lockwood, Jeffrey A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0465041671 ISBN 13: 9780465041671

Casa editrice: BASIC BOOKS, 2005

Riassunto

In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared the locust the single greatest impediment to the settlement of the country between Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains." Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the American continent, turning noon into dusk, devastating farm communities, and bringing trains to a halt. The outbreaks subsided in the 1890s, and then, suddenly,and mysteriously,the Rocky Mountain locust vanished. A century later, entomologist Jeffrey Lockwood vowed to discover why. Locust is the story of how one insect shaped the history of the western United States. A compelling personal narrative drawing on historical accounts and modern science, this beautifully written book brings to life the cultural, economic, and political forces at work in America in the late nineteenth century, even as it solves one of the greatest extinction mysteries of our time.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Jeffrey A. Lockwood is Professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities at the University of Wyoming. The author of Grasshopper Dreaming, he has been awarded a Pushcart Prize as well as the 2003 John Burroughs Award.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: BASIC BOOKS
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0465041671
• ISBN 13: 9780465041671
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
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