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100 1 $aCrosby, Molly Caldwell.
245 14 $aThe American plague :$bthe untold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history /$cMolly Caldwell Crosby.
246 30 $aUntold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBerkley Books,$c2006.
300 $aviii, 308 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
500 $aMap on lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-296) and index.
505 0 $apt. 1. The American Plague -- pt. 2. Memphis, 1878: Carnival ; Bright canary yellow ; The doctors ; A city of corpses ; The destroying angel ; Greatly exaggerated ; The Havana Commission ; Reparations -- pt. 3. Cuba, 1900: A splendid little war ; Siboney ; An unlikely hero ; A meeting of minds ; The Yellow Fever Commission ; Insects ; Vivisection ; Did the mosquito do it? ; Guinea pig no. 1 ; Camp Lazear ; A new century ; Blood ; The etiology of yellow fever ; Retribution ; The mosquito -- pt. 4. United States, Present Day: Epidemic ; A return to Africa ; The vaccine ; History repeats itself ; Epilogue : Elmwood.
520 $aTraces the impact on American history of yellow fever from the mid-seventeenth century onward, examining in particular the near-destruction of Memphis from the disease and the efforts of four men to combat the deadly scourge.
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