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An American Plague (The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793) (Newbery Honor Book) (Illustrated) (Hardcover)
- Author: Jim Murphy
- Publisher: Clarion Books
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Written for children, this is a historical overview of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Illustrated with archival photographs. A 2004 Newbery Honor book.
Features
- Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
- Subgenre: Health + Daily Living / Diseases, History / USA / Colonial + Revolutionary Periods
- Age: 9-12 years
- Date Published: June 23, 2003
- Release Date: June 23, 2003
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Author: Jim Murphy
- Pages: 165
- Edition: Illustrated
- Format: Hardcover
Additional Information
- DPCI: 247-00-2337
- ASIN: B002HMKE3W
- Catalog #: 11319492
- ISBN: 9780395776087
- Item can be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 9.5 inches length x 7 inches width x 0.75 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 1.35 pounds.
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"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."
Reviewer: Anita Silvey, (New York Times Book Review)
"In a lavishly illustrated book, containing maps, newspaper columns and period illustrations, Jim Murphy unflinchingly present the horrors of the event as well as its heroes....[Murphy] has produced another book that can make history come alive for his readers."
