The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox by Jennifer Lee Carrell

The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox

Jennifer Lee Carrell

512 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

Description

The Speckled Monster tells the dramatic story of two parents who dared to fight back against smallpox. After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they flouted eighteenth-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slave...

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Moods

informative 100%
adventurous 25%
challenging 25%
emotional 25%
hopeful 25%
inspiring 25%
reflective 25%
sad 25%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 25%

Average rating

3.93

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