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Bring Out Your Dead: The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793

by J.H. Powell · 1949

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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 Deadis an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched.

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American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thisdisasterdisasterMore like thisLess of thismedicalmedicalMore like thisLess of this
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PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaMore like thisLess of thisPhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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medium · 334 pages

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