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Feel a tickle in your throat? Do you still have that headache? Could you be falling victim to a deadly virus?From history's earliest days, bacteria and viruses have stalked humans. Stowing on wagons, ships, and airplanes, these diseases traversed the globe, infecting people in city streets and isolated hamlets. Epidemics and Pandemics: Real Tales of Deadly Diseases tells the tale of five of history's most critical contagions.In 1347, infected fleas hitched a ride from the steppes of Mongolia to the streets of Medieval Europe, bringing with them the Black Death. Five years later, one-third of Europe's population was dead. When Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico in 1518, he carried a secret weapon-the smallpox virus helped Cortes defeat the mighty Aztec Empire and paved the way for European conquest of the New World as the disease destroyed the Native American population. A few years after the United States won independence from Great Britain, the capital city of Philadelphia faced an ordeal that threatened the nation's survival-an epidemic of Yellow Fever. After the First World War, the Spanish Flu of 1918 killed 50 million people around the world in just months. Later in that century, in the 1980s, a mysterious virus struck down gay men in the United States. AIDS quickly became a pandemic, infecting people from all walks of life.These five tales reveal the revolutionary power of disease to change history. In each story, readers learn about tragedy caused by ignorance and missed opportunity, but they will also discover heroic caregivers, civic leaders, and scientists determined to save their world. This is the eighth book in a series called Mystery & Mayhem, which features true tales that whet kids' appetites for history by engaging them in genres with proven track records-mystery and adventure. History is made of near misses, unexplained disappearances, unsolved mysteries, and bizarre events that are almost too weird to be true-almost! The Mystery and Mayhem series delves into these tidbits of history to provide kids with a jumping-off point into a lifelong habit of appreciating history.The five true tales told within Epidemics and Pandemics are paired with maps, photographs, and timelines that lend authenticity and narrative texture to the stories. A glossary and resources page provide the opportunity to practice using essential academic tools. These nonfiction narratives use clear, concise language with compelling plots that both avid and reluctant readers will be drawn to.Nomad Press books in the Mystery & Mayhem series introduce readers to historical concepts and events by engaging them in an extremely popular genre-real-life adventure and mystery. Readers ages 9 to 12 are fascinated with the strange-but-true tales that populate history, and books in this series offer compelling narrative nonfiction paired with concise language that appeals to both voracious and reluctant readers. Nomad's unique approach to the study of history uses tantalizing tales based in factual knowledge that encourage a lifelong curiosity in the historical events that shape our world.Titles in the series include: Pirates and Shipwrecks; Survival; Weird Disappearances; Daring Heists; Rebels & Revolutions; Great Escapes; Tomb Raiders; Eruptions and Explosions; Epidemics and Pandemics; and Earth, Wind, Fire, and Rain.
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Date de parution
01 février 2018
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9781619307216
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English
Poids de l'ouvrage
114 Mo
EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS
Real Tales of Deadly Diseases JUDYDODGECUMMINGS
EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS
Real Tales of Deadly Diseases JUDYDODGECUMMINGS
Nomad Press A division of Nomad Communications 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Copyright © 2018 by Nomad Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review orfor limited educational use. The trademark “Nomad Press” and the Nomad Press logo are trademarks of Nomad Communications, Inc.
ISBN Softcover: 9781619306257 ISBN Hardcover: 9781619306233
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Contents
Introduction . . . 1 Bloodthirsty Bacteria and Venomous Viruses
Chapter One . . . 5 The Great Mortality: Bubonic Plague Between 75 and 200 million people died when the plague swept across Europe and Asia during the fourteenth century.
Chapter Two . . . 25 Secret Weapon: Smallpox in the New World During the sixteenth century, smallpox destroyed Native American populations and paved the way for conquerors to claim the New World.
Chapter Three . . . 49 Yellow Fever Threatens Independence In 1793, the great experiment that was the United States was threatened by yellow fever, which erupted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and sent the new country’s citizens fleeing for their lives.
Chapter Four . . . 71 Deadly Traveler: The Spanish Flu As if World War I didn’t produce enough suffering, the Spanish influenza added to the death toll by killing 50 million people around the world in 1918.
Chapter Five . . . 95 The Deadly Mystery: AIDS When AIDS first appeared, people thought only gay men and drug users could get AIDS. They were wrong, and the 1980s saw the start of the spread of this disastrous disease.
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Introduction Bloodthirsty Bacteria and Venomous Viruses
How do you feel? Have you got the sniffles or a sore throat? If so, you might want to put this book aside until you feel better, because even if you feel okay right now, you might get a little queasy while reading.
This book is about diseases—the really bad kind of diseases. Epidemics that swept through cities, states, and countries. Epidemics that transformed into pandemics, going global and killing people from north to south and east to west.
From the earliest days of recorded history, bacteria and viruses have stalked humans. Lurking in dirty corners and sewagefilled streets, stowing away on ships and airplanes, they waited for their chance to attack.
Their deadly bite was often brushed off as the prick of a mosquito or itch of a flea. Sometimes, these villains even cloaked their menace in the kiss of a mother or embrace of a friend.
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Epidemics and Pandemics
This book is about some of history’s most critical contagions. First up—the “Black Death.” In 1347, Europeans woke up to find tumors the size of eggs in their armpits and on their groins and necks. The bubonic plague massacred onethird of Europe’s population in only five years, changing Europe’s economy and social structure forever.
But those hardy Europeans bounced back, and set out to conquer the Americas in the sixteenth century. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico in 1518. With a few hundred soldiers, some horses and guns, he prepared to invade the mighty Aztec empire.
This task should have been impossible for the cocky Cortés, but he had a secret weapon— smallpox. The disease killed 50 percent of the Aztecs before the Spaniards even fired a shot.
Fast forward to 1793. The United States was a brand new nation brimming with optimism. Merchant ships from as far away as Africa and China anchored in the harbor of its capital city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hidden between barrels of wine and bolts of cloth in the hold of one ship was mosquito larvae infected with the yellow fever virus.
As people in the city fell sick, many wondered if the infant nation could survive it.
Bloodthirsty Bacteria and Venomous Viruses
In 1918, as millions of men died in the trenches of France during World War I, their loved ones back home began to die, too. The Spanish influenza of 1918 struck with a speed and ferocity never seen before, killing 50 million people around the world.
In the 1980s, a mysterious illness began to affect gay men and intravenous drug users. They lost weight, developed rare infections, and died quickly and painfully. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), spread through bodily fluids, was a disease ignored by the public and politicians. AIDS victims were shunned, as some people believed the disease was a punishment for leading a sinful life. But they were wrong. Anyone can get AIDS.
Today, almost 40 million people carry the virus and AIDS has killed 35 million more.
This book is full of tragic stories. These diseases killed millions of people, while fear and panic pushed some individuals to behave monstrously. But every tragedy has a hero. There were those who tended the sick, rallied their communities, and searched for a cure. Epidemics can be agents of change.
Some details might be gruesome. Some might make you wince or squirm. But to be forewarned is to be forearmed. If history is any judge, bloodthirsty bacteria and venomous viruses will return. The question is—will the world be ready?
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RUSSIA
1350-1351 FRANCE VENICE GENOA MARSEILLE
FLORENCE
1346-1348
1348-1349
1346-1348
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MESSINA
POLAND
TURKEY
MOSCOW
SPAIN
ALGERIA
1346-1348
CAFFA
LIBYA
1347–1353 The bubonic plague spreads from the Mediterranean throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, killing between 75 and 200 million people.
1348-1349
YOU ARE HERE
EGYPT
1315 A year of almost continual rain in Europe
1347–1353 Between 75 million and 200 million Europeans and Asians die from the bubonic plague in what is called the “Great Mortality”
Chapter One The Great Mortality: Bubonic Plague
1350s The Renaissance begins in Europe, a cultural rebirth focused on the arts, music, and literature
In the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, Lake Issyk Kul sits nestled in a valley surrounded by snowcapped mountains. The crisp air carries the fruity smell of spruce trees and golden beaches hug the eyeshaped lake. This peaceful setting is scarcely the place one would expect to give birth to the worst mass murderer in history.
But during the fourteenth century, just such a villain hitched a ride south and embarked on a killing spree that left millions dead. The murderer’s name was Yersinia pestis.
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