Book
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
by Jim Murphy
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- SciFi/Fantasy
- Pages
- 192
- Words
- 29029
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 9.0
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1130L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–17
An account of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, including the fear and disorder that followed as residents fled and the city was left without many essential government services, goods, and resources.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780395776087
- ISBN-10
- 0395776082
Tags
ALSC NotablesEmotions-FearHistory-American/U.S. HistoryMedicineNonfictionPlaces-CitiesUnited States-Pennsylvania