Author

Howard Markel

7 books

Books

  1. An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine 2011
  2. When Germs Travel: Six major epidemics that have invaded America since 1900 and the fears they have unleashed 2004
  3. The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek
  4. The Secret of Life 2021
3 more
  1. Quarantine!: East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892 1997
  2. Origin Story 2024
  3. The H. L. Mencken Baby Book 1991

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