When plague strikes : the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS /
by James Cross Giblin ; woodcuts by David Frampton
- New York : Scholastic, 1995
- 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history--the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS--chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned.