Description
Author: Jim Murphy
Publisher: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Publication Date: 2003
Edition: First Clarion Edition
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good. Former library copy with typical markings and spine label. Binding tight, pages clean and readable. Illustrated throughout.
ISBN: 9780395776087
Description:
Winner of the Newbery Honor, An American Plague is a gripping and meticulously researched account of the yellow fever epidemic that devastated Philadelphia in 1793. Drawing on firsthand diaries, newspapers, and medical records, Jim Murphy brings to life a city under siege by fear, disease, and uncertainty. The narrative follows doctors, civic leaders, and ordinary citizens as they struggle to understand—and survive—an invisible enemy long before modern medicine existed. Written with clarity and dramatic pacing, this book reads like a historical thriller while remaining scrupulously factual. An outstanding work for students, educators, and general readers interested in early American history, public health, and epidemics.