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02477aam a2200433 i 4500 001 FF663E0E1BC411EE999F3EC24CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230706011753 008 221129s2023 mduab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022043841 020 $a 1538164884 020 $a 9781538164884 035 $a (OCoLC)1352248154 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a cc----- $a n-us--- $a cc----- 050 00 $a RC211 P5 W38 2023 100 1 $a Watson, Robert P., $d 1962- $e author. 245 10 $a America's first plague : $b the deadly 1793 epidemic that crippled a young nation / $c Robert P. Watson. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, $c [2023] 300 $a xxxi, 277 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part I. America's First Crisis -- Plague! -- Revolution -- Yellow Jack -- Philadelphia -- The First to Die -- Part II. The Capital Under Seige -- "Hell Town" -- Fear and Panic -- Philadelphia Responds -- Bush Hill -- The Physicians War -- Part III. Turning Point -- Unlikely Heroes -- A Nation without a Government -- Ghost Town -- The Fall Frost -- Of Pestilence and Politics -- Epilogue: 100 Days of Terror. 520 $a "In 1793, the interim capital city of Philadelphia was struck by a mysterious malady that ended up killing at least one-tenth of the population, prompting an evacuation, and shutting down the nascent federal government, resulting in shocking parallels to recent pandemics and offering important political lessons"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Yellow fever $z Philadelphia $z Philadelphia $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Epidemics $z Philadelphia $z Philadelphia $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Epidemics $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Yellow fever $z Caribbean Area $x History $y 18th century. 610 20 $a Hankey (Ship : 1784) 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Watson, Robert P. $t America's first plague $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2023] $z 9781538164891 $w (DLC) 2022043842 941 $a 5 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012847.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240301010301.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20231021031928.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907012232.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012649.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FF663E0E1BC411EE999F3EC24CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search