The Fever Trail : Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest for Quinine by Mark Honigsbaum, Mark Honigsbaum

The Fever Trail : Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest for Quinine

Mark Honigsbaum, Mark Honigsbaum

320 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous emotional informative slow-paced
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The Fever Trail starts with the hunt for the Cinchono tree, the tree that yielded the cure for Malaria, quinine. Markham, Ledger and Spruce, the trio of explorers given the task of transporting the tree to the colonies, gave most of their lives s...

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