It’s 1793, and there’s an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philadelphia. The city’s residents are fleeing in fear. This killer has a name–yellow fever–but everything else about it is a mystery. Its cause is unknown and there is no cure. This powerful dramatic account by award-winning author Jim Murphy traces the devastating course of the epidemic. An American Plague offers a fascinating glimpse into the conditions in American cities at the time of our nation’s birth while drawing thought-provoking parallels to modern-day epidemics.
- ISBN: 9780439693691
- Author: Murphy, Jim
- Published: 2004 , Clarion Books
- Themes: 18th century, History, Insects and bugs, Pennsylvania, plague
- Descriptors: Information Book, Intermediate (ages 9-14), United States
- No. of pages: 165