Bring Out Your Dead

The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
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Author: J. H. Powell ISBN: 9780812291179
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Language: English
Author: J. H. Powell
ISBN: 9780812291179
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language: English

In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Your Dead is an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched.

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In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Your Dead is an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched.

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