Anxiety, Insects, Sugar Cane, and Old Age

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Xlibris Corporation, Feb 1, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 384 pages

This candid, entertaining and revealing account of the authorīs life clearly depicts: his childhood during the Great Depression and on a small Alabama farm; the long-lasting effects of isolation from society; panic and anxiety attacks; how, as a mediocre high school student, he wasted a year at college; military life as an enlistee following World War II; the mediocre student becoming honor student with graduate degrees; the history and development of insect pest management practices in Louisiana sugar cane including research, changing farm practices, and the accompanying drama of conflict and interaction among those involved (chapters 9, 10, 14, 15 & 18); frustrations of some faculty in a small regional university; imbalance between family and profession; missions of an entomologist to foreign governments of Egypt and Brazil; the evolution of his faith; and conclusions from a long and confrontational life. Scroll down and click for seven-page excerpt.

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