The Great Trouble : a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy called Eel /
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| Author / Creator: | Hopkinson, Deborah, author. |
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. |
| Description: | 249 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11007691 |
| Summary: | Eel has troubles of his own- As an orphan and a "mudlark," he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He's being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he's got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe.<br> <br> But even for Eel, things aren't so bad until that fateful August day in 1854-the day the Great Trouble begins. Mr. Griggs, the tailor, is the first to get sick, and soon it's clear that the deadly cholera-the "blue death"-has come to Broad Street.<br> <br> Everyone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air. But one man, Dr. John Snow, has a different theory. As the epidemic surges, it's up to Eel and his best friend Florrie to gather evidence to prove Snow's theory before the entire neighborhood is wiped out.<br> <br> Part medical mystery, part survival story, and part Dickensian adventure, Deborah Hopkinson's The Great Trouble is a celebration of a fascinating pioneer in public health and a gripping novel about the 1854 London cholera epidemic.<br> <br> Backmatter includes an author's note, time line, and further reading suggestions. |
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| Physical Description: | 249 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247). |
| ISBN: | 9780375848186 0375848185 9780375948183 037594818X 9780449818190 0449818195 9780449818190 |
