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Author Watson, Robert P., 1962- author.

Title America's first plague : the deadly 1793 epidemic that crippled a young nation / Robert P. Watson.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3063380~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  614.54 WAT    AVAILABLE
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Description xxxi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-261) and index.
Contents Part I. America's First Crisis -- Plague! -- Revolution -- Yellow Jack -- Philadelphia -- The First to Die -- Part II. The Capital Under Seige -- "Hell Town" -- Fear and Panic -- Philadelphia Responds -- Bush Hill -- The Physician's War -- Part III. Turning Point -- Unlikely Heroes -- A Nation without a Government -- Ghost Town -- The Fall Frost -- Of Pestilence and Politics.
Summary "In 1793, the interim capital city of Philadelphia was struck by a mysterious malady that ended up killing at least one-tenth of the population, prompting an evacuation, and shutting down the nascent federal government, resulting in shocking parallels to recent pandemics and offering important political lessons"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.
Epidemics -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.
Epidemics -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Yellow fever -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century.
Hankey (Ship : 1784)
ISBN 9781538164884 (cloth)
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