An American Plague : : the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
Book - 2003 R Newbery Honor 2004, Kids Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / 17th & 18th Century / Murphy, Jim None on shelf No requests on this item
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Youth level.
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."
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Sickness submitted by leehannah on June 17, 2012, 7:12pm This definitely reminds me of the book Fever 1973. If you are into health, then I recommend this book to you. But, if you don't like gruesome plagues and people getting sick, trust me, you do not want to read this.
SERIES
Newbery Honor book - 2004.
PUBLISHED
New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 165 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1130
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0395776082 :
SUBJECTS
Yellow fever -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.
Pennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865.