{"product_id":"the-american-plague-the-untold-story-of-yellow-fever-the-epidemic-that-shaped-our-history-217757","title":"The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this account, a journalist traces the course of the infectious disease known as yellow fever, “vividly [evoking] the Faulkner-meets-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e horrors” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) of this killer virus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe American Plague\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country—and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With “arresting tales of heroism,” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Royal Gift Land","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925365755993,"sku":"9780425217757","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/0206\/3705\/files\/9780425217757.jpg?v=1766071451","url":"https:\/\/royalgiftland.com\/products\/the-american-plague-the-untold-story-of-yellow-fever-the-epidemic-that-shaped-our-history-217757","provider":"Royal Gift Land","version":"1.0","type":"link"}