{"product_id":"9798216486268","title":"America's First Plague The Deadly 1793 Epidemic that Crippled a Young Nation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAmerica's First Plague\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Deadly 1793 Epidemic that Crippled a Young Nation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert P. Watson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ Revolutionary Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica's First Plague\u003c\/i\u003e offers the definitive telling of this long-forgotten crisis, the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, which killed ten percent of Philadelphia's citizens and ravaged the Eastern seaboard. As disease spread, the national government was slow to react, citizens donned protective masks and the authorities ordered quarantines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian Robert P. Watson tells the story of a young nation teetering on the brink of chaos, capturing the wave of fear that swept across the fledgling republic, and the numerous unintended but far-reaching consequences it would have on the development of the United States and the Atlantic slave trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRobert P. Watson is the author of many books on American politics and history including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eEscape! The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break \u003c\/i\u003e(Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2021)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Washington's Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgetown University Press, 2021), \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (Da Capo Press, 2017, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II \u003c\/i\u003e(Da Capo Press, 2016), which is currently being made into a motion picture. He resides in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRowman \u0026amp; Littlefield\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216486268\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331930062988,"sku":"9798216486268","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ba7ac604-0094-49a7-8a82-eaa4cfdabe6d.jpg?v=1783600342","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216486268","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}