Rats, Lice and History: A Study in Biography: This modern classic, witty, racy and profound, is the biography of a bacillus, the history of a world scourge, Typhus Fever.
by Hans Zinsser
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Mass-market paperback published during World War II in response to the Typhus bacillus raging for 1500 years via lice, carried by rats. Back cover urges, "Share this book with someone in uniform". Written in layperson's terms by "a distinguished laboratory scientist". The end page lists 308 Pocket Books. Red page blocks and red sturdy endpapers.
Synopsis
Originally published: Boston, 1935. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HW04zinsser1945mm
- Title
- Rats, Lice and History
- Author
- Hans Zinsser
- Illustrator
- No artwork.
- Format/Binding
- Mass-market paperback. Cover in yellow, blues, black titles.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- #309. 1st Pocket Book edition by arr. w/ Little, Brown, August 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pocket Book.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 236
- Size
- 16 cm.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science research; typhus fever; Wartime Book; Epidemic;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology & Medicine;
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