American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT by James McWilliams

American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT

James McWilliams

296 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history nature technology challenging informative medium-paced
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The world of insects is one we only dimly understand. Yet from using arsenic, cobalt, and quicksilver to kill household infiltrators to employing the sophisticated tools of the Orkin Man, Americans have fought to eradicate the "bugs" they have lea...

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