{"product_id":"the-plague-rider-william-jr-ferrier-9798287913373","title":"The Plague Rider: The Frontier Physician Time Forgot-and His Daring Ride to Save a Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Plague Rider\u003c\/b\u003e plunges you into a forgotten chapter of the American Southwest-when deserts were roadless, smallpox was a death sentence, and one unsung doctor dared to gallop straight into the epidemic's maw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn December 1803, Basque-born surgeon \u003cb\u003eDr. Cristóbal María de Larrañaga\u003c\/b\u003e receives a fragile vial of cow-pox lymph and an impossible order: carry living vaccine 1,400 miles from Chihuahua to the edge of the Rocky Mountains before it dies in the cold. With a mule train of orphan \"courier\" children, a scarred Navajo scout, and a midwife who trusts science more than saints, Larrañaga races against deserts, floods, Apache raids-and the ticking clock inside every blister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis daring ride sparks the continent's first mass-inoculation campaign, slashes smallpox deaths in half, and quietly rewrites the rules of frontier medicine. Yet history forgot his name-until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with true-life suspense, \u003cb\u003eThe Plague Rider\u003c\/b\u003e reveals: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA frontier thriller: \u003c\/b\u003e ambushes, blizzards, river crossings, and a last-second amputation under open sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA public-health origin story: \u003c\/b\u003e lime pits, boiled-water \"chants,\" and a portable Silent-School that outsmarted epidemics decades before germ theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timeless hero: \u003c\/b\u003e a physician who put arithmetic before applause, saving \u003ci\u003e31,000 lives\u003c\/i\u003e with nothing but grit, empathy, and a curved Basque needle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you loved \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Map\u003c\/i\u003e, prepare to meet the frontier doctor who outran death-and discover why his forgotten pulse still echoes in every modern vaccine drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Jr. Ferrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798287913373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"William Jr. Ferrier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801055801599,"sku":"9798287913373","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-plague-rider-william-jr-ferrier-9798287913373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}