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

by Jennifer Wright

Book Overview

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 she was carried away six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-seventeenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627797467
• ISBN13: 9781627797467
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"