Bring Out Your Dead

The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793

By:

J.H. Powell

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving

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In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Your Dead is an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched.

Author Biography:

John Harvey Powell (1914-1971) graduated from Swarthmore College and earned his Ph.D. degree in American History at the University of Iowa. Kenneth R. Foster is Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary F. Jenkins is a Supervisory Park Ranger and Supervisor of the Dolley Todd Madison House and Visitor Center at Independence National Historical Park. Anna Coxe Toogood is Park Historian at Independence National Historical Park.

Release date NZ

June 1st, 1993

Author

J.H. Powell

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributors

Introduction by Anna Coxe Toogood
Introduction by Kenneth R. Foster
Introduction by Mary F. Jenkins

Illustrations

11 illus.

Pages

334

Series

Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving

Dimensions

140x216x23

ISBN-13

9780812214239

Product ID

4029405

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