The American Plague - Molly Caldwell Crosby [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Epigraph
PART ONE - The American Plague
PART TWO - Memphis, 1878
CHAPTER 1 - Carnival
CHAPTER 2 - Bright Canary Yellow
CHAPTER 3 - The Doctors
CHAPTER 4 - A City of Corpses
CHAPTER 5 - The Destroying Angel
CHAPTER 6 - Greatly Exaggerated
CHAPTER 7 - The Havana Commission
CHAPTER 8 - Reparations
PART THREE - Cuba, 1900
CHAPTER 9 - A Splendid Little War
CHAPTER 10 - Siboney
CHAPTER 11 - An Unlikely Hero
CHAPTER 12 - A Meeting of Minds
CHAPTER 13 - The Yellow Fever Commission
CHAPTER 14 - Insects
CHAPTER 15 - Vivisection
CHAPTER 16 - Did the Mosquito Do It?
CHAPTER 17 - Guinea Pig No. 1
CHAPTER 18 - Camp Lazear
CHAPTER 19 - A New Century
CHAPTER 20 - Blood
CHAPTER 21 - The Etiology of Yellow Fever
CHAPTER 22 - Retribution
CHAPTER 23 - The Mosquito
PART FOUR - United States, Present Day
CHAPTER 24 - Epidemic
CHAPTER 25 - A Return to Africa
CHAPTER 26 - The Vaccine
CHAPTER 27 - History Repeats Itself
EPILOGUE
Acknowledgements
Notes
Selected Bibliography
“Engrossing . . . Crosby, a journalist, profiles the outbreak as it rips through Memphis, the city hardest hit. A first-rate medical detective drama . . . It is good to be reminded of the occasional nobility of the human spirit.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A fascinating book about yellow fever, its unspeakable horrors and the uncommon valor that four doctors displayed in their quest to solve a devastating medical mystery.” —The Tennessean
“A forceful narrative of a disease’s ravages and the quest to find its cause and cure. Crosby is particularly good at evoking the horrific conditions in Memphis, ‘a city of corpses’ and . . . also relates arresting tales of heroism.” —Publishers Weekly
“Seamlessly blends history and science to tell us how yellow fever haunted the nation—and why, if we’re not extremely vigilant, it will haunt us again.” —Hampton Sides, author of Blood and Thunder
“Masterful . . . Crosby uses rich detail and a stunning cast of characters to bring to vivid life the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1878.” —Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt
“Meticulous research and adroit storytelling . . . After a few chapters of The American Plague, I had to take an aspirin and lie down—and that is a tribute to the power of Molly Crosby’s memorable evocation of a terrible time.”
—Robert M. Poole, author of Explorers House
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