An American Plague[美国瘟疫]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jim Murphy（吉姆·墨菲） 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 出版时间 2003-06
• ISBN 9780395776087
• 定价 228.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Newbery Honor Book

【内容简介】

Inapowerful,dramaticnarrative,criticallyacclaimedauthorJimMurphydescribestheillnessknownasyellowfeverandthetollittookonthecity'sresidents,relatingtheepidemictothemajorsocialandpoliticaleventsofthedayandto18th-centurymedicalbeliefsandpractices.Drawingonfirst-handaccounts,MurphyspotlightstheheroicroleofPhiladelphia'sfreeblacksincombatingthedisease,andtheConstitutionalcrisisthatPresidentWashingtonfacedwhenhewasforcedtoleavethecity--andallhispapers--whileescapingthedeadlycontagion.Thesearchforthefever'scausesandcure,notfoundformorethanacenturyafterward,providesasuspensefulcounterpointtothisrivetingtruestoryofacityundersiege.

Thoroughlyresearched,generouslyillustratedwithfascinatingarchivalprints,andunflinchinginitsdiscussionofmedicaldetails,thisbookoffersaglimpseintotheconditionsofAmericancitiesatthetimeofournation'sbirthwhiledrawingtimelyparallelstomodern-dayepidemics.Bibliography,map,index.

 1793年发生在费城黄色瘟疫的真实可怕故事 ，这次瘟疫不知道什么原因引起的。

【作者简介】

JimMurphyistheauthorofAnAmericanPlague,whichreceivedtheSibertMedalandaNewberyHonorandwasselectedasaNationalBookAwardfinalist.HisClariontitlesincludeTHEBOYS'WARandotheraward-winningnonfictionaswellasapicturebook,FERGUSANDTHENIGHT-DEMON.HelivesinMaplewood,NewJersey,withhisfamily.

 吉姆.墨非（Jim Murphy ）是写美国瘟疫的作者，曾获锡伯特金奖，纽伯瑞荣誉奖，入围国家图书奖。