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

The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling the Smallpox Epidemic

Jennifer Lee Carrell

496 pages first pub 2003 (view editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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A timely book about history's first desperate efforts to conquer the spotted beast of smallpox.  What is it like to be caught in the terror and chaos of a smallpox epidemic when you and those you love are unprotected? What is it like to get smallp...

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Moods

informative: 100%

adventurous: 16%

challenging: 16%

emotional: 16%

hopeful: 16%

inspiring: 16%

reflective: 16%

sad: 16%

tense: 16%


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33% of readers chose slow
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