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An edition of The plague and I. (1948)

The plague and I

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Long before Betty MacDonald became known as the author of The Egg And I, she was a hard-working single mother in Seattle, Washington. After struggling to hold down a series of jobs during the first few years of the Depression, she managed to get hired on as a Federal government clerk, which brought some measure of security to her family. This was short-lived; diagnosed with TB, MacDonald was admitted into a state of the art (at that time) sanatarium. This book records her nine months living in the shadow of TB and the people she met during her struggle against not just the disease, but despair, unkindness, and harsh treatment. That it is an extremely funny book is a measure of MacDonald's talent.

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Hammond, Hammond
Language
English
Pages
224

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American Authors Patients Tuberculosis Biography Large type books Authors, american Authors, biography Personal narratives

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Betty Bard MacDonald

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United States

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20th century

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Aug 12, 2016, University of Washington Press
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The plague and I.
1959, Penguin Books
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1948-01-01, J.B. Lippincott Co.
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1948, Hammond, Hammond
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Library's copy signed by Nat Schmulowitz.

Published in
London
Genre
Biography.

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224 p. ;
Number of pages
224

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23048654M
OCLC/WorldCat
2227830
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B00SNIJMWS
Better World Books
BWB32107612

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OL275686W

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