Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe

Written by Michael D'Antonio and Andrew Spielman

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray

Now in audio-a fascinating work of popular science from a world-renowned expert on mosquitoes and a prize-winning reporter.

In this lively and comprehensive portrait of the mosquito, its role in history, and its threat to mankind, Spielman and D'Antonio take a mosquito's-eye view of nature and man. They show us how mosquitoes breed, live, mate, and die, and introduce us to their enemies, both natural and man-made. The authors present tragic and often grotesque examples of how the mosquito has insinuated itself into human history, from the malaria that devastated invaders of ancient Rome to the current widespread West Nile fever panic. Filled with little-known facts and remarkable anecdotes that bring this tiny being into larger focus, Mosquito offers fascinating, alarming, and convincing evidence that the sooner we get to know this pesky insect, the better off we'll be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: May 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781541439337

Michael D'Antonio

As part of a team of journalists from Newsday, MICHAEL D'ANTONIO won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting before going on to write many acclaimed books, including Atomic Harvest, The State Boys Rebellion, and The Truth About Trump. He has also written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. He lives in New York.

Reviews for Mosquito

[Matthew Gibb · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very nice book for expanding awarness of mosquito borne illness and how and why the mosquitoes continue to adapt. It was interesting how much of the language correlates to things being written in the ne2s about Covid19. It made me wonder if it will be sonething the world has to live with as malaria and yellow fever have been. Our habits as human being living in a modern world traveling about quickly, importing and exporting and even the exporting of used tires all have led to spreading mosquitoes.Water left in the concave surfaces is almost impossible to completely remove.