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Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright – book cover

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

By Jennifer Wright

History

Examines "the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of ... research and ... storytelling, and not…

Release Date
2017
Length
337 pages
Publisher
Henry Holt
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Our Review

Examines "the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of … research and … storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks"–