Locust : the Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier.
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, devastat...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |