The cry and the covenant by morton thompson hardcover. The general market can be gauged somewhat on comparable interest in such books as cronins shannons way and morton. Semmelweis, a humanitarian who discovered the cause of puerperal fever and devoted his entire energies to making his discovery known and accepted. Buy cry and covenant by morton thompson online at alibris. Books by series coming soon new releases this months biggest new books. Discover book depositorys huge selection of morton thompson books online. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Chris reed the antics of lacy and penny, our family as a brandnew author and being unfamiliar with the world of publishing, i did not know what to expect. The cry and the covenant morton thompson a novel based on the life of a famous hungarian obstetrician. The cry and the covenant by thompson morton abebooks.
But, throughout the process, the crew at covenant books partnered with me from the early. Cry and covenant by morton thompson, paperback barnes. The cry and the covenant by morton thompson, 9780899667584, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The novel is a fictionalized story of ignaz semmelweis, an austrianhungarian physician known for his research into puerperal fever and his advances in medical hygiene. There is some light tanningfoxing to the outer edges of the pages due to age. The cry and the covenant is a novel by morton thompson written in 1949 and published by doubleday. The cry and the covenant by morton thompson abebooks. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The boards are a little smudged with some shelf wear. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Morton thompson is currently considered a single author.
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