Saving the world : a novel
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Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
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1st ed.
ISBN
9781565125100, 156512510X
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Published
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781565125100, 156512510X
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Level 6.6, 22 Points

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"A Shannon Ravenel book."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Latina novelist Alma Huebner begs off joining her husband on a humanitarian mission to the Dominican Republic to work on her next book, and finds herself becoming obsessed with the life of her subject--a woman who hand-picked a group of orphan boys to serve as live carriers of the small pox virus in order to provide Spaniard Francisco Xavier Balmis a ready supply of vaccine with which to inoculate the populations of Spain's American colonies in 1803.
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Adult

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, J. (2006). Saving the world: a novel . Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. 2006. Saving the World: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. Saving the World: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. Saving the World: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.

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