An American plague : The true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 /
Murphy, Jim
An American plague : The true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy - First Scholastic paperback printing, October 2006 - New York : Scholastic ; 2003. - 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm .
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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-winning author Jim Murphy traces the devastating course of the epidemic. An American Plague offers a fascinating glimpse into the conditions in American cities at the time of our nation's birth while drawing thought-provoking parallels to modern-day epidemics.
1130
Lexile
Z
Raz-Plus
9780439693899
disease--Non-fiction
Philadelphia--Non-fiction
RA644.Y4
614.541097481109033
An American plague : The true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy - First Scholastic paperback printing, October 2006 - New York : Scholastic ; 2003. - 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm .
Z
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-winning author Jim Murphy traces the devastating course of the epidemic. An American Plague offers a fascinating glimpse into the conditions in American cities at the time of our nation's birth while drawing thought-provoking parallels to modern-day epidemics.
1130
Lexile
Z
Raz-Plus
9780439693899
disease--Non-fiction
Philadelphia--Non-fiction
RA644.Y4
614.541097481109033