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The day they parachuted cats on Borneo; a drama of ecology.

Title: The day they parachuted cats on Borneo; a drama of ecology. Play by Charlotte Pomerantz. Scenery by José Aruego.
Author: Pomerantz, Charlotte.
Publication: [Reading, Mass.] : Young Scott Books, [c1971]

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Additional Authors

Aruego, Jose

Description

[48] p. col. illus.

Subject

Note

Describes in rhyme the destruction of Borneo's ecological balance when DDT, used to kill the malaria-spreading mosquitoes, also killed the cats, causing a plague of rats, and literally brought the roofs down on the farmers' heads.
"Based on an actual event reported in The New York Times, November 13, 1969."

LCCN

74025526

Author

Pomerantz, Charlotte.

Title

The day they parachuted cats on Borneo; a drama of ecology. Play by Charlotte Pomerantz. Scenery by José Aruego.

Imprint

[Reading, Mass.] : Young Scott Books, [c1971]

Added Author

Aruego, Jose, ill.

Branch Call Number

J 574.5 P