Fever 1793
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On the heels of her acclaimed contemporary teen novel Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson surprises her fans with a riveting and well-researched historical fiction. Fever 1793 is based on an actual epidemic of yellow fever in Philadelphia that wiped out 5,000 people--or 10 percent of the city's population--in three months. At the close of the 18th century, Philadelphia was the bustling capital of the United States, with Washington and Jefferson in residence. During the hot mosquito-infested summer of 1793, the dreaded yellow fever spread like wildfire, killing people overnight. Like specters from the Middle Age
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Manufacturer: Scholastic Prof Book Div
Release date: 30 June 2001
ISBN-10 : 0439355257 | ISBN-13: 9780439355254
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Release date: 30 June 2001
ISBN-10 : 0439355257 | ISBN-13: 9780439355254