American Plague The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

"A mesmerizing, macabre account that will make readers happy they live in the 21st century....Powerful, evocative prose carries along the compelling subject matter. Even as the narrative places readers in the moment with quotations, the design aids and abets this, beginning each chapter with reproductions from contemporary newspapers and other materials, as well as placing period illustrations appropriately throughout the text."Murphy, Jim is the author of 'American Plague The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793', published 2003 under ISBN 9780395776087 and ISBN 0395776082.