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 | Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown (Updated Edition) by James C. Mohr (Distinguished Professor Of History, University Of Oregon) Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-19-531182-5 / 0195311825 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531182-2 / 9780195311822 A little over a century ago, bubonic plague--the same Black Death that decimated medieval Europe--arrived on the shores of Hawaii just as the islands were about to become a U.S. territory. In this absorbing narrative, James Mohr tells the story of that fearful visitation and its fiery climax--a vast | |