An American plague the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 /
It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philadelphia. The city's residents are fleeing in fear. This killer has a name--yellow fever--but everything else about it is a mystery. Its cause is unknown and there is no cure. This powerful dramatic account by award...
| Main Author: | Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Clarion Books,
[2003]
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| Physical Description: |
165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- No one noticed
- "All was not right"
- Church bells tolling
- Confusion, distress, and utter desolation
- "It was our duty"
- The prince of bleeders
- "By twelve only"
- "This unmerciful enemy"
- "A delicate situation"
- Improvements and the public gratitude
- "A modern-day time bomb."
- No one noticed
- "All was not right"
- Church bells tolling
- Confusion, distress, and utter desolation
- "It was our duty"
- The
- prince of bleeders
- "By twelve only"
- "This unmerciful enemy"
- "A
- delicate situation"
- Improvements and the public gratitude
- "A
- modern-day time bomb."