The Mosquito-Timothy C Winegard (ePUB) torrent

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator


By Timothy C. Winegard

Published by Penguin Group in 2019

English, 496 pages


"Hugely impressive, a major work."—NPR

A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate

Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution?

The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito