Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure - Hardcover

Murphy, Jim; Blank, Alison

 
9780618535743: Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure

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This is the story of a killer that has been striking people down for thousands of years:
tuberculosis. After centuries of ineffective treatments, the microorganism that causes
TB was identified, and the cure was thought to be within reach—but drug-resistant
varieties continue to plague and panic the human race. The “biography” of this deadly
germ, an account of the diagnosis, treatment, and “cure” of the disease over time,
and the social history of an illness that could strike anywhere but was most prevalent
among the poor are woven together in an engrossing, carefully researched narrative.
Bibliography, source notes, index.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jim Murphy's nonfiction books have received numerous awards, among them two Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, three Orbis Pictus awards, the Margaret A. Edwards award, the James Madison Book Award, and a National Book Award nomination. Born and raised in New Jersey, Jim lives in Maplewood, NJ, with his family. 
jimmurphybooks.com.

Alison Blank is a children’s book author and TV producer. She has cowritten two nonfiction books, Invincible Microbe and Banished to Paradise, with her husband, award-winning author Jim Murphy. They live with their two sons in Maplewood, New Jersey.
 

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ISBN 10:  0544455940 ISBN 13:  9780544455948
Verlag: Clarion Books, 2015
Softcover