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Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier

by Jeffrey A. Lockwood · 2000

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This book tells the story of America's most extraordinary insect, brilliantly recounted by the scientist who solved the mystery of its extinction.

About Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier

This book tells 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, devastating farms, and bringing trains to a halt as the crushed bodies of insects greased the rails. In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared the locust "the single greatest impediment to the settlement of the country." In this surprising and original book, Pushcart Prize winner Jeffrey Lockwood sets out to tell the story of an insect, and…

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