TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - An American plague :the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 /
DA  - ©2003.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Murphy, Jim,
CN  - RA644.Y4
CN  - RA644.Y4
PB  - Clarion Books,
PP  - New York :
PY  - ©2003.
ID  - 284039
KW  - Yellow fever
KW  - Yellow fever
SN  - 0395776082
SN  - 9780395776087
TI  - An American plague :the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 /
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