The Resource Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright, (sound recording)
Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright, (sound recording)
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- Summary
- A humorous book about history's worst plagues--from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio--and the heroes who fought themIn 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month, more than four hundred people had died from the mysterious dancing plague. In late nineteenth-century England, an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome--a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever in a case that earned her the moniker "Typhoid Mary" and eventually led to historic medical breakthroughs.Throughout history, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they've suffered. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as the stories of those heroic figures who fought to ease the suffering of the afflicted.With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (7 hr., 44 min.)
- Note
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9781504798983
- Label
- Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them
- Title
- Get well soon
- Title remainder
- history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Wright
- Title variation
- Get well soon
- Title variation remainder
- historys worst plagues and the heroes who fought them
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A humorous book about history's worst plagues--from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio--and the heroes who fought themIn 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month, more than four hundred people had died from the mysterious dancing plague. In late nineteenth-century England, an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome--a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever in a case that earned her the moniker "Typhoid Mary" and eventually led to historic medical breakthroughs.Throughout history, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they've suffered. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as the stories of those heroic figures who fought to ease the suffering of the afflicted.With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10553929
- Cataloging source
- BLACP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1986-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wright, Jennifer
- Dewey number
- 614.4
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- RA649
- LC item number
- .W75 2017ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- history
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Gabra Zackman
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Zackman, Gabra
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Epidemics
- Communicable diseases
- Epidemiology
- Target audience
- general
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright, (sound recording)
- Note
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (7 hr., 44 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781504798983
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9781504798990
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Publisher number
- ZPc3tp
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Stock number
- 9781504798983
- System control number
-
- 957652742
- (OCoLC)957652742
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright, (sound recording)
- Note
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (7 hr., 44 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781504798983
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9781504798990
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Publisher number
- ZPc3tp
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Stock number
- 9781504798983
- System control number
-
- 957652742
- (OCoLC)957652742
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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