American Murderer, Gail Jarrow
American Murderer, Gail Jarrow
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American Murderer
The Parasite that Haunted the South

Author: Gail Jarrow

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/28/2023


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?

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula

Gail Jarrow is a hardworking, talented genius. This is a book that is roughly 30% about a man who spends most of his time looking at human poop through a microscope yet somehow Gail Jarrow kept me turning the pages and even reading the backmatter. Plus now I understand why my granny would tell me to......more

Goodreads review by Wren

Jarrow writes an engaging book about a widespread health crisis that affected thousands of Americans in the South--if not a million plus: hookworm infestation in the colon. The book explains how cooperation among scientists, medical professionals, the government, journalists, and non-government orga......more

Goodreads review by Alicia

I will be moderating a panel that will include Jarrow's newest title which is part of her medical fiascoes series and boy, this one does not disappoint. Jarrow's work continues to be succinct, informative, visually powerful, and that reads like a thriller of real life activities and events. I've alw......more