Ship Fever

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Ship Fever is a National Book Award–winning collection of historical and scientific-themed short stories and a novella by American author Andrea Barrett.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Andrea Barrett NERFINISHED
awardReceived National Book Award NERFINISHED
National Book Award for Fiction NERFINISHED
containsWorkType novella
short story
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre historical fiction
literary fiction
science fiction
hasCoverArtist W. W. Norton design department NERFINISHED
hasPart Birds with No Feet NERFINISHED
Rare Bird NERFINISHED
Ship Fever (novella) NERFINISHED
Soroche NERFINISHED
The Behavior of the Hawkweeds NERFINISHED
The Cure NERFINISHED
The English Pupil NERFINISHED
The Littoral Zone NERFINISHED
The Marburg Sisters NERFINISHED
hasReception critical acclaim
hasSubject biology
epidemics
evolution
immigration
maritime travel
natural history
scientists
hasTitleStory Ship Fever (novella) NERFINISHED
isPartOfSeries Andrea Barrett’s science-themed fiction
language English
literaryAwardYear 1996
literaryForm prose
mainTheme ethics in science
history of science
impact of disease
relationships between scientists
scientific discovery
nationalityOfAuthor American
notableCharacter Carl Linnaeus (fictionalized) NERFINISHED
Gregor Mendel (referenced) NERFINISHED
notableFor integration of scientific history into fiction
originalMediaType print
publicationYear 1996
publisher W. W. Norton & Company NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 19th century
19th century science

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Andrea Barrett notableWork Ship Fever