Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier
by Lockwood, Jeffrey A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0738208949
- ISBN 13
- 9780738208947
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0738208949 . Remainder mark bottom page edges, light edge wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 320 pages; " the Rocky Mountain locust suddenly--and mysteriously--vanished. A century later, Jeffrey Lockwood set out to discover why. Unconvinced by the reigning theories, he searched for new evidence in musty books, crumbling maps, and crevassed glaciers, eventually piecing together the elusive answer: A group of early settlers unwittingly destroyed the locust's sanctuaries just as the insect was experiencing a natural population crash. Drawing on historical accounts and modern science, Locust 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 ecological mysteries of our time" .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21748
- Title
- Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier
- Author
- Lockwood, Jeffrey A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0738208949
- ISBN 13
- 9780738208947
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 0738208949, locusts, Ecology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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