August 2020
Beginner
224 pages
4h 32m
English

T HE YEAR 1928 was a rough one. In the aftermath of World War I, Europe saw the rise of fascism and Nazism.1 The world was on the brink of the Great Depression that occurred between the two world wars, and the United States was entering one of its most trying times as a nation. This was a time to get it right as mistakes would be catastrophic in one of the most perilous times in the history of the world.
Enter the most unlikely of heroes: Dr. Alexander Fleming.2 Fleming was a scientist who was working on finding a cure for the common flu. Unsuccessful and frustrated after trying over and over to create ...