The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History Knitting but to gain dignity and

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ISBN13: 9781617958014 ISBN10: 1617958018 Material Type: hardcover

The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History Knitting but to gain dignity andIn this account, a journalist traces the course of the infectious disease known as yellow fever, vividly [evoking] the Faulkner meets Dawn of the Dead horrors (The New York Times Book Review) of this killer virus. Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U. S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago