Edward Marriott
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Description
A riveting account, at once a reconstruction of the race to find a cure, a history of bubonic plague, and an investigation into the threat of plague today
Plague. The very word carries an unholy resonance. No other disease can claim its apocalyptic or mythological power. It can lie dormant for centuries, only to resurface with ferocious, nation-killing force. Here, with the high drama of a great adventure tale, Edward Marriott unravels the story...
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
"Nicaragua's Atlantic coast is home to the most dangerous of fish: the bull shark, a lethal predator with a fearsome appetite, the only shark to penetrate inland. In Savage Shore, Edward Marriott braves Nicaragua's hurricane-torn wilderness of mangrove swamps and brackish lagoons, joining the last surviving shark fishermen - a fierce ethnic brew of black Caribs, Nicaraguan Indians, and the descendants of seventeenth-century English pirates - to sail...
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