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When plague strikes : the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS  Cover Image Book Book

When plague strikes : the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS / by James Cross Giblin ; woodcuts by David Frampton.

Giblin, James Cross, 1933-2016 (Author). Frampton, David. (Added Author). Frampton, David, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Details the stories of the three most serious and damaging diseases in history: the Black Death, smallpox, and AIDS.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060258543
  • ISBN: 0060258640 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, [1995]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references 9p. 197-204) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Out of the East -- Between two raging fires -- Looking for scapegoats -- A changed world -- The plague returns -- The mysterious death of a Pharaoh -- Smallpox conquers the New World -- Inoculation : godsend or danger? -- Dr. Jenner's marvelous vaccine -- The end of smallpox? -- A mysterious new disease -- Frustrations and fears -- One mystery is solved -- An actor named Rock -- A normal happy teenager -- Losses and memorials -- No end in sight.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 9.8 7 7 11849
Subject: Diseases > History > Juvenile literature.
Plague > History > Juvenile literature.
Smallpox > History > Juvenile literature.
AIDS (Disease) > History > Juvenile literature.
Epidemics > History > Juvenile literature.
Plague > History.
Smallpox > History.
AIDS (Disease) > History.
Epidemics > History.
Diseases > History.
AIDS (Disease) > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 614.4 GIB (Text) 31001100633438 Adult Non Fiction Available -


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