Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

Jennifer Wright

336 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science funny informative slow-paced
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A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues--from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio--and a celebration of the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until s...

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hopeful 25%
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emotional 11%
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