Bring Out Your Dead
The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
| Author: | J. H. Powell | ISBN: | 9780812291179 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. | Publication: | June 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of Pennsylvania Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | J. H. Powell |
| ISBN: | 9780812291179 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. |
| Publication: | June 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Language: | English |
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 Dead is an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched.
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 Dead is an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched.
