An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy

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An American Plague - The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy provides a historic account of the devastation brought on by the relentless, invisible plague that literally brought Philadelphia and the federal government to its knees. The first known case of an illness that was accompanied by high fever and severe vomiting was that of a young French soldier who was staying in a...

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