Your basket is empty
An American plague the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793
| Title | An American plague the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 |
| Names | Murphy, Jim. |
| Book Number | DB057418 |
| Title Status | Download Only |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Describes the horrific events in Philadelphia in 1793 when citywide illness prevented Congress from convening. Thousands of people were dying, many unattended, and physicians of the time were unsure of the cause or treatment of the yellow-fever outbreak. For grades 6-9. Sibert Award. 2003. |
| Narrator | Kane, Mary. |
| Local Subject | History, United States - HUS |
| Juvenile Book - JU | |
| History - HST | |
| Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN | |
| Award-Winning Children's Books - AWJ | |
| Audience Notes | Female narrator. |
| For grades 6-9. |
|
| Award winner. |
|
| LC Subject | Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 18th century - Juvenile literature |
| Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Juvenile literature |
|
| Call Number | j614.541097481109033 JNF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2003 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2003 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: New York : Clarion Books, c2003. |