When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS
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Book Description
Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history-the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS-chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned. "A book that would serve well for reports, but it... More
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Binding | Library Binding (8 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | 1439502412 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1439502419 |
Publication Date | 06/26/2008 |
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About James Cross Giblin (Author) : James Cross Giblin is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of James Cross Giblin include Did Fleming Rescue Churchill?: A Research ... more
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