Full name: The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History

Author: Molly Caldwell Crosby Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Science Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780425212028 9780425217757 0425212025 0425217752

Slave ships brought it to America as far back as 1648-and over the centuries, yellow fever epidemics plagued the United States. Carried along the mighty Mississippi River, it ravaged towns from New Orleans to St. Louis. New York City lost 2,000 lives in one year alone. It even forced the nation's capital to relocate from Philadelphia to Washington, DC. "The American Plague" reveals the true story of yellow fever, recounting Memphis, Tennessee's near-destruction and resurrection from the epidemic-and the four men who changed medical history with their battle against an invisible foe that remains a threat to this very day. Similar books: Polio by David M. Oshinsky Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser Disease by Mary Dobson 1491 by Charles C. Mann The Great Influenza by John M. Barry Pox by Michael Willrich The Plague Race by Edward Marriott 1493 by Charles C. Mann Connections by James Burke The Codebreakers by David Kahn A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky The Most Powerful Idea in the World by William Rosen Beyond Uncertainty by David C. Cassidy Project Orion by George Dyson Defenders of the Truth by Ullica Segerstrale The Little Ice Age by Brian Fagan Coal by Barbara Freese The Calendar by David Ewing Duncan When Old Technologies Were New by Carolyn Marvin