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Fever season, the story of a terrifying epidemic and the people who saved a city, Jeanette Keith

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Fever season, the story of a terrifying epidemic and the people who saved a city, Jeanette Keith
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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contains biographical information
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fever season
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
769989535
Responsibility statement
Jeanette Keith
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the story of a terrifying epidemic and the people who saved a city
Summary
An account of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic documents how it killed more than 18,000 people in the American South, tracing its particularly catastrophic impact in Memphis, Tennessee, while noting the heroic efforts of people who remained behind to help
Table Of Contents
Bluff City Panorama -- Yellow Jack -- Siege -- The Destroying Angel -- The Arithmetic of Sorrow -- A Contagion of Kindness -- Lost Graves -- After the Fever -- Epilogue
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