American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy cowhide author of Reaching Forever: Poems

author of Reaching Forever: Poems and Distinguished Professor of English (Emeritus)

She lives in south London

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American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy cowhide author of Reaching Forever: PoemsPowerful 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