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American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Murphy, Jim

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ISBN10: 0395776082
ISBN13: 9780395776087
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: Jun 23 2003
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.47
Height: 0.71 Width: 7.28 Depth: 9.76
Language: English
Awards: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, James Madison Book, National Book Awards, Newbery Medal, Orbis Pictus Award, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Volunteer State Book Awards, Young Hoosier Book Award

Powerful and riveting, this Newbery Honor-winning narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever, the toll it took on the nation's capital--and the eventual triumph over the disease.

Long before Covid and the West Nile virus, yellow fever was a medical mystery that forced thousands in Philadelphia, the nation's temporary capital, to flee and brought the workings of the federal government to a virtual halt. A riveting account of this country's first large-scale medical epidemic, An American Plague is generously illustrated with archival prints and photographs and includes a bibliography, map, and index.

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