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American Murderer
- Author
- Gail Jarrow
- Narrator
- Donald Corren
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 28 March 2023
- Run Time
- 2 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Hookworm takes center stage in YALSA-winner Gail Jarrow’s third book of the Medical Fiascoes series. In this exciting medical mystery, she reveals how a parasite slowly drained the energy and life from millions of southerners. Can early twentieth-century scientists and doctors uncover its secrets, fight back, and cure the victims?
Turn the page to meet the American Murderer …
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Details
- Author
- Gail Jarrow
- Narrator
- Donald Corren
- Duration
- 2 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 March 2023
- ISBN
- 9781705099100
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Synopsis
Tiny creatures lurk in the warm soil of the American South, waiting to attack a human victim. Once they invade through bare skin, the parasites travel deep into the gut of the unsuspecting host, where they suck blood like a vampire.Hookworm takes center stage in YALSA-winner Gail Jarrow’s third book of the Medical Fiascoes series. In this exciting medical mystery, she reveals how a parasite slowly drained the energy and life from millions of southerners. Can early twentieth-century scientists and doctors uncover its secrets, fight back, and cure the victims?Turn the page to meet the American Murderer …
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