American Plague A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Name: American Plague A Newbery Honor Award Winner
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ISBN: 9780395776087

ISBN-10: 0395776082

ISBN-13: 9780395776087

Edition: 2003 (Teachers Edition, Instructors Manual, etc.)

Authors: Jim Murphy

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1793, Philadelphia. The nations 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 citys residents, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Murphy spotlights the heroic role of Philadelphias free blacks in combating the disease, and the Constitutional crisis that President Washington faced when he was forced to leave the city-and all his papers-while escaping the…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/23/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




No 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"


Sources


Acknowledgments


A Note About the Illustrations


Index