Six-Legged Soldiers by Jeffrey Lockwood
In Six-Legged Soldiers, Jeffrey A. Lockwood paints a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways in which insects have been used as weapons of war, terror, and torture.
Highly informative..Lockwood certainly succeeds in making a specialised academic subject fascinating. * Nicholas Lezard, Saturday Guardian *
Compelling. * Simon Schama, Financial Times *
Lockwood's approach is fresh. * PD Smith, The Guardian *
The book is an excellent read. * Michelle Harvey, Times Higher Education Supplement *
Compelling. * Simon Schama, Financial Times *
Lockwood's approach is fresh. * PD Smith, The Guardian *
The book is an excellent read. * Michelle Harvey, Times Higher Education Supplement *
Jeffrey A. Lockwood is Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities at the University of Wyoming, where he teaches in the department of philosophy and in the MFA program in creative writing. His work has been included in the popular anthology Best American Science and Nature Writing, and he is winner of both a Pushcart Prize and the John Burroughs Award. He is the author of Grasshopper Dreaming: Reflections on Killing and Loving and Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199733538 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199733538 |
| Title | Six-Legged Soldiers |
| Author | Jeffrey Lockwood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2010-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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