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The Plague and I

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by Betty MacDonald
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Availability:In StockContributor:Betty MacDonaldPublish date:2016-09-01Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295999784ISBN-10:295999780UPC:9780295999784Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, United States, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCT30YHPD9

The Plague and I

"Getting tuberculosis in the middle of your life is like starting downtown to do a lot of urgent errands and being hit by a bus. When you regain consciousness you remember nothing about the urgent errands. You can't even remember where you were going."

Thus begins Betty MacDonald's memoir of her year in a sanatorium just outside Seattle battling the "White Plague." MacDonald uses her offbeat...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295999784ISBN-10:295999780UPC:9780295999784Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, United States, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCT30YHPD9

Betty MacDonald (1907-1958), the best-selling author of The Egg and I and the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children's books, burst onto the literary scene shortly after the end of World War II. The Plague and I takes up Betty's delightful misadventures where The Egg and I left off. She continued chronicling her life story with memoirs Anybody Can Do Anything and finally Onions in the Stew. Sh...

Publisher: University of Washington Press

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