In Search of the Animalcule

by Steven L. Berk

When he is born in 1847 Vienna, Jacob Pfleger shares just two days with his mother, a female obstetrician who dies, like thousands of other women around the world, of the mysterious childbed fever. Because his birth father wants nothing to do with him, Jacob is placed in an orphanage. His mother's dying wish is that he will grow up with resilience and independence. As Jacob matures into a precocious twelve-year-old, he is told about the legacy of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166324801X
• ISBN13: 9781663248015
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"