The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby

The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby

In this account, a journalist traces the course of the infectious disease known as yellow fever, "vividly [evoking] the Faulkner-meets-Dawn of the Dead horrors" (The New York Times Book Review) of this killer virus.

Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined.

In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country--and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With "arresting tales of heroism," (Publishers Weekly) it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.

Molly Caldwell Crosby is the national bestselling author of Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Biggest Mysteries and The American Plague: The Hidden Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Changed Our History, which has received multiple honors nominations. Crosby formerly worked for National Geographic magazine and has a master's degree in nonfiction and science writing from Johns Hopkins University. Her work has featured in publications such as Newsweek, Health, and USA Today. Her family and she live in Memphis, Tennessee.

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ISBN 13	9780425217757
ISBN 10	0425217752
Title	The American Plague
Author	Molly Caldwell Crosby
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2007-09-04
Number of pages	400
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