The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History - Hardcover

Crosby, Molly Caldwell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425212025 ISBN 13: 9780425212028

Verlag: Berkley Pub Group, 2006

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Book by Crosby Molly Caldwell

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Slave ships brought it to America as far back as 1648-and over the centuries, yellow fever epidemics plagued the United States. Carried along the mighty Mississippi River, it ravaged towns from New Orleans to St. Louis. New York City lost 2,000 lives in one year alone. It even forced the nation's capital to relocate from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.

The American Plague reveals the true story of yellow fever, recounting Memphis, Tennessee's near-destruction and resurrection from the epidemic-and the four men who changed medical history with their battle against an invisible foe that remains a threat to this very day.

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Molly Caldwell Crosby has written articles for Newsweek, Health, and National Geographic, as well as USA Today and Washington Women.

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• Verlag: Berkley Pub Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0425212025
• ISBN 13: 9780425212028
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308