Rats, Lice and History
A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues by Hans Zinsser (19960103)
by Hans Zinsser
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
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Margaret Atwood
“@MiaFarrow One of the classic nonfictions is Rats, Lice, and History, by Hans Zinnser. Guns, Germs and Steel also does pandemics, as does 1491: about what the Americas were like before (and during) the wipeout caused by European microbes + viruses. | @MiaFarrow One of the classic nonfictions is Rats, Lice, and History, by Hans Zinnser. Guns, Germs and Steel also does pandemics, as does 1491: about what the Americas were like before (and during) the wipeout caused by European microbes viruses.”
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