An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793
(2003)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/614.541/MURPHY,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Clarion Books, [2003]
©2003
©2003
DESCRIPTION
165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0395776082
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Winner of the 2004 Newbery Honor Book Award
Winner of the 2004 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
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."
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