01382nam a22002657a 45000010005000000030006000050050017000110080041000280200018000690400029000870500013001160820024001291000016001532450110001692500054002792600037003333000050003705050008004205200551004285210021009795210020010006500025010206500030010457000041010755420FISKH20241219104955.0241204b        cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780439693899  aFISKHbengcFISKHdFISKH  aRA644.Y4  a614.541097481109033  aMurphy, Jim  aAn American plague :bThe true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 /cby Jim Murphy  aFirst Scholastic paperback printing, October 2006  aNew York : bScholastic ;c2003.  a165 pages : billustrations, maps ;c22 cm .   aZ 
  aIt'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.8 a1130 
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