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English: Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

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Books in Carnegie Library

The Black Death by Tracee De Hahn
Call Number: 616.9 DE
ISBN: 0791063267
Publication Date: 2001-12-01
The Black Death by Don Nardo
Call Number: 614.4 NAR
ISBN: 1565109953
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
The Black Death by Diane Zahler
Call Number: 614.5 ZAH
ISBN: 9780822590767
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
The Black Death by Phyllis Corzine
Call Number: 614.5 COR
ISBN: 1560062991
Publication Date: 1996-06-01
The Plague by Holly Cefrey
Call Number: 614.5 Cef
ISBN: 0823933431
Publication Date: 2001-07-15

Articles and Links about the Black Plague (Black Death, Bubonic Plague)

Black Death
British Broadcasting Company (BBC) History site; basic, yet complete, overview
Black Death - the Middle Ages for Kids
Black death skeletons reveal pitiful life of 14th-century Londoners
Digging up the Black Death: What Caused the Black Plague, and Are We In Danger?
FAQs - The Plague
Great Plague of England - Infobase
Mystery of the Black Death
short page on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) site
Scientists Solve Puzzle of Black Death's DNA
New York Times science article
Secrets of Black Death
5 minute video by Nature (an international weekly journal of science)
The Black Death - Facts on File
Encyclopedia of the Medieval World: 600 to 1450
The Black Death of 1348-1350
United Kingdom History Learning Site
The Black Plague - cartoon
interactive cartoon by the Science Museum's History of Medicine website, London