Locust : the devastating rise and mysterious disappearance of the insect that shaped the American frontier / Jeffrey A. Lockwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lockwood, Jeffrey Alan, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rocky Mountain locust--West (U.S.)--History.

Rocky Mountain locust.

Locusts--West (U.S.)--History.

Locusts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic ; Oxford : Oxford Publicity Partnership, 2004.

Summary:

""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""

Contents:

Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; Notes; Illustrations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-78878-7

9786612788789

0-7867-3887-1

OCLC:

670411914