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Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
Jeffrey A. Lockwood
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| #202076 in Books | 2005-05-11 | 2005-05-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.00 x10.00 x5.00l,.72 | File type: PDF | 320 pages||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| As engrossing as "The Da Vinci Code" but true|By Barrett Hazeltine|Locust swarms of literally incredible size swept through the Midwest in the nineteenth century, when homesteaders were settling, and then, toward the end of the century, disappeared. The volume of a swarm is hard for us to comprehend; if the swarm were square it would have been 450 miles on a side and a quarter|.com |Imagine looking up to see an ominous black cloud on the horizon. Now imagine your growing horror as you watch that cloud reveal itself as an immense, miles-wide swarm of ravenous insects. In Locust, entomologist Jeffrey A. Lockwood reveals the b
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, suddenlyand mysteriouslythe Rocky Mountain locust vanished. A century...
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