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Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication date
January 1, 2003
Pages
352
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780465028818
ISBN-10
0465028810
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.50 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$27.50
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Discusses the impact of syphilis on many of history's famous figures, detailing the specific ways in which the disease influenced the lives and works of such figures as Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh, Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, Hitler, and Oscar Wilde. 20,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
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from Basic Books (January 1, 2003)
9780465028818 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $27.50
About: Discusses the impact of syphillis on many of history's famous figures, detailing the specific ways in which the disease influenced the lives and works of such figures as Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh, and Oscar Wilde.
About: Discusses the impact of syphillis on many of history's famous figures, detailing the specific ways in which the disease influenced the lives and works of such figures as Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh, and Oscar Wilde.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Basic Books (December 24, 2003)
9780465028825 | details & prices | 400 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.94 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Discusses the impact of syphillis on many of history's famous figures, detailing the specific ways in which the disease influenced the lives and works of such figures as Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh, and Oscar Wilde.
About: Discusses the impact of syphillis on many of history's famous figures, detailing the specific ways in which the disease influenced the lives and works of such figures as Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh, and Oscar Wilde.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 5, 2008)
9781435298712 | details & prices | 400 pages | 5.00 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.02 lbs | List price $28.95
About: From Beethoven to Oscar Wilde, from Van Gogh to Hitler, Deborah Hayden throws new light on the effects of syphilis on the lives and works of seminal figures from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries.
About: From Beethoven to Oscar Wilde, from Van Gogh to Hitler, Deborah Hayden throws new light on the effects of syphilis on the lives and works of seminal figures from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries.
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