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008			080416s2003 nyuab c b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2002151355
020			_a9780395776087
082	0	0	_aJUV 614.5 MUR
100	1		_aMurphy, Jim, 1947-
245	1	3	_aAn American plague : _bthe true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 _c/ by Jim Murphy
260			_aNew York _b: Clarion Books _c, c2003.
300			_a165 p. _b: ill., maps _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-153) and index.
505	0		_aNo one noticed -- "All was not right" -- Church bells tolling -- Confusion, distress, and utter desolation -- "It was our duty" -- The prince of bleeders -- "By twelve only" -- "This unmerciful enemy" -- "A delicate situation" -- Improvements and the public gratitude -- "A modern-day time bomb."
520	3		_aProvides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
650			_aYellow fever _z-Pennsylvania _z-Philadelphia _x-History _y-18th century _v--Juvenile literature
651			_aPennsylvania _x-History _y-1775-1865 _v--Juvenile literature
942			_cMO
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