Fever season : the story of a terrifying epidemic and the people who saved a city /

Fever season : the story of a terrifying epidemic and the people who saved a city /

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Author / Creator:	Keith, Jeanette.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:	New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2012.
Description:	261 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Yellow fever -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 19th century. Epidemics -- Social aspects -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 19th century. Medical personnel -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography. Journalists -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography. Epidemics -- Social aspects. Journalists. Medical personnel. Social conditions Yellow fever. Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography. Memphis (Tenn.) -- History -- 19th century. Memphis (Tenn.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Tennessee -- Memphis. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8928493

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ISBN:	9781608192229 (hbk.) 1608192229 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	An account of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic documents how it killed more than 18,000 people in the American South, tracing its particularly catastrophic impact in Memphis, Tennessee, while noting the heroic efforts of people who remained behind to help.

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Call Number:	RC211.T3 K45 2012
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