The American Plague

Hardcover by Molly Caldwell Crosby. The untold story of Yellow Fever, the epidemic that shaped our history. The American plague delves into America's not so distant past to recount one of its greatest epidemics of our time It tells the story of yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee- one that would cost more lives than Chicago Fire, San Francisco earthquake, and Johnstown flood combined. And it is a narrative journey into Cuba and West Africa, where a handful of doctors, including Walter Reed, would change medical history. Yellow Fever shaped the history of the United States. Slave ships brought the virus on Western Hemisphere and over centuries it would strike 500,000 Americans killing 100,000 of them Inside is in excellent condition dustcover is in excellent condition. Isbn 0-425-21202-5.