American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy Book cover type:Hardcover --Norman Doidge

--Norman Doidge

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American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy Book cover type:Hardcover --Norman DoidgePowerful and riveting, this Newbery Honor winning narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever, the toll it took on the nation's capital and the eventual triumph over the disease. Long before Covid and the West Nile virus, yellow fever was a medical mystery that forced thousands in Philadelphia, the nation's temporary capital, to flee and brought the workings of the federal government to a virtual halt. A riveting account of this country's