John Mckiernan: 2 books

In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-González examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U.S. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease. The medical borders created by these...

The Tale of Troy was not Homer's alone. Even before he sang of the Wrath of Achilles and the Return of Odysseus, many other poets had recounted the acts of gods and men at Troy. Over many years the tale was reworked and grew and changed, until the truth of the real war was almost lost. But through...