308 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2006 by Berkley Books.
The American plague
the untold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history
Traces 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.
Subjects
- Yellow fever -- History
- Yellow fever -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History