The Pox and the Covenant: Mather, Franklin, and the Epidemic That Changed America's Destiny

by Tony Williams

Book Overview

"Tony Williams tells a rollicking good story about the contagious crisis experienced by Colonial America. The Pox and the Covenant is a superbly nuanced and well-written account of the interactions of human disease and events." - Howard Markel, MD, PhD, George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, the University of Michigan, author of When Germs Travel After several days of skirting the North American coast, the Seahorse reached...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402260938
• ISBN13: 9781402260933
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"