Ebola: The Natural and Human History - Softcover

David Quammen is the author of The Song of the Dodo, among other books. He has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is the recipient of a John Burroughs Medal and the National Magazine Award. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.

“Quammen is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers.”
- New York Times

“A tidy book that explains everything we know, and everything we don't, about this terrifying disease.”
- Nick Stockton, Wired

“This slender book ...does a nimble job of situating this year’s unnerving events in historical context... [Quammen's] book, like most writing about Ebola, is deeply unsettling, but it’s also sober minded, and in this respect, a standout in the floodlet of Ebola books, many of them quickie scare guides and medical thrillers.”
- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book Review

“David Quammen is a brilliant star of nature writing.”
- Edward O. Wilson

“David Quammen is a master.”
- Bill Bryson