Everything is tuberculosis : the history and persistence of our deadliest infection / John Green.
"Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry's story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world--and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525556572
- ISBN: 0525556575
- Physical Description: 198 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Crash Course Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-198). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Reider, Henry > Health. Green, John, 1977- Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis > History. Tuberculosis > Patients. |
| Genre: | Informational works. |
Available copies
- 39 of 106 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 4 copies available at Sandhill Regional Library.
Holds
- 71 current holds with 106 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Hoke County Public Library | 616.99 GREEN (Text) | 28198050043470 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kemp Sugg Memorial Library | 616.99 (Text) | 58198070016814 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Moore County Library | 616.99 GRE (Text) | 48198030048264 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry's story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world--and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis"--
