America's First Plague: The Deadly 1793 Epidemic That Crippled a Young Nation

by Robert Watson

Book Overview

As disease spread, the national government was slow to react. Soon, citizens donned protective masks and the authorities ordered quarantines. The streets emptied. Doubters questioned the science and disobeyed. The year: 1793. The place: young America from Baltimore to Boston but especially in Philadelphia, the nation's largest city and seat of the federal government. For 3 long months yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes let loose from a ship from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538164884
• ISBN13: 9781538164884
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"