Blood and Germs
The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease

More nonfiction books for kids and teens about the U.S. Civil War have been published than anyone could count, but Gail Jarrow manages a fresh take on the subject in Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease. The book clues us in to a surprising fact: twice as many soldiers su......more

This is a book about heroes and heartbreak, stories of real men and women who fought for what they believed. These people fought disability and disease in a time when there was very little that a doctor could do to help them. I found myself really understanding for the first time how many men lived......more

Full of fun facts but never felt like a coherent story, more like a casual medical textbook.......more

Make no mistake, while this incredible piece of nonfiction is geared toward a young adult audience (high school, I assume), adults of any age would enjoy and benefit from reading this title, especially if you have an interest in medical history, U.S. history, or to be more exact, the lack thereof of......more

As she has done in her other books about how sickness and disease affected daily life of people in the past, this time Jarrow explains and humanizes how and why so many soldiers and sailors lost their lives during the American Civil War. Jarrow does an outstanding job of balancing stories about both......more