A review by bibliowrecka
Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier by Jeffrey A. Lockwood

3.0

I read this after reading Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser, a biography of both Laura Ingalls Wilder and of her books and relationship with her daughter. The episode with the grasshoppers in On the Banks of Plum Creek always fascinated and terrified me, so I decided to read more about the actual history. Lockwood studied the particular locust species (the only one in North America) for years and knows his stuff. Don't read if you can't handle LOTS of detailed information about bugs, though!