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Bubonic Panic

by Gail Jarrow

Ages: 12+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights

ISBN: 978-1-62091-738-1

Keywords: Epidemics, Contagious Disease, Plague

An exhaustive and straightforward account of the threat of the bubonic plague throughout the world for centuries. Includes sources, extensive bibliography, index. Archival photographs.