Social Education, January 1st, 2008
Jim Murphy, An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (Clarion Books, 2003, 165 pages)
Jim Murphy's experience as an author of nonfiction books for young readers serves him well in his recent history of Philadelphia's fearsome yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The great strength of his account is not its originality--the story has been told by generations of historians--but rather its organization and pace. Murphy relies heavily on primary sources including diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts to bring his story to life.
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