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Author Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022.

Title An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy.

Publication Info. New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
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Location Call No. Status
 Esther Adult Nonfiction  614.541 Murphy    LOOK ON SHELF
Description 165 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-153) and index.
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."
Subject Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
Pennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 0395776082
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