The Cockroach Papers : A Compendium of History and Lore

What has six legs, skulks around late at night, and likes to sniff out the hidden crevices, the dank corners, and the dark recesses? The cockroach, of course. The cockroach is a bug of great design. Most of its contemporaries from the Carboniferous period -- around 300 million B.C. -- are extinct, but cockroaches live on reproducing inside our walls and traveling the world as stowaways aboard ships. In The Cockroach Papers, readers learn more than they ever wanted to know about this nasty little pest. It features a mix of anecdotal material from people who have had memorable (mostly nightmarish) interactions with roaches and facts about the lives of roaches -- from where they live and how they mate to their much-awaited dying days. You Will Find A Mix Of Anecdotal Material From People Who Have Had Memorable (mostly Nightmarish) Interactions With Roaches And Facts About The Lives Of Roaches From Where They Live, How They Molt, And How They Mate To Their Much-awaited Dying Days. -- From Publisher Information. Saving All Sentient Beings -- The Mob -- La Zona -- Hambre -- A Bullet Don't Have Nobody's Name On It -- War -- Coexistence. Richard Schweid. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 173-185) And Index. "In The Cockroach Papers, learn more than you ever wanted to know about the pest that frightens and disgusts millions. You will find a mix of anecdotal material from people who have had memorable (mostly nightmarish) interactions with roaches and facts about the lives of roaches - from where they live, how they molt, and how they mate to their much-awaited dying days. All of which will send shivers down the spine of every roach-fearing human."--BOOK JACKET IN THE SUMMER OF 1967, I was twenty-one years old and living in New York City.