Winner of the 2005 Stevens Literary PrizeDouglas's student, Sandy, who has run away from home to join the Hudson’s Bay Company, learns about the plants that Douglas methodically collected and identifi
"Explores a variety of unusual insects, including locusts, army ants, and scarab beetles, and examines their biological make-up, environment, and behavior"--Provided by publisher.
Philadelphia Organized Crime in the 1920s and 1930s explores a little-known but spirited chapter of the Quaker City's history. The hoodlums, hucksters, and racketeers of Prohibition-era Philadelphia s