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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (Newbery Honor Book) (1st Edition) by Jim Murphy Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-395-77608-2 / 0395776082 ISBN-13: 978-0-395-77608-7 / 9780395776087 1793, Philadelphia. The nation's capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown . . . In a powerful, dramatic narrative, critically acclaimed author Jim Murphy describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on the city' |