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

A Girl Named Disaster

Author: Jim Murphy

1793, Philadelphia. The nation’s capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown . . .Jim Murphy describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on the city’s residents, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices. D….Read More

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