The American plague : the untold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history / Molly Caldwell Crosby.

New York : Berkley Books, 2006.

viii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-296) and index.

pt. 1. The American plague. -- pt. 2. Memphis, 1878. -- Carnival -- Bright canary yellow -- The doctors -- A city of corpses -- The destroying angel -- Greatly exaggerated -- The Havana Commission -- Reparations -- pt. 3. Cuba, 1900. -- A splendid little war -- Siboney -- An unlikely hero -- A meeting of minds -- The Yellow Fever Commission -- Insects -- Vivisection -- Did the mosquito do it? -- Guinea pig no. 1 -- Camp Lazear -- A new century -- Blood -- The etiology of yellow fever -- Retribution -- The mosquito -- pt. 4. United States, present day. -- Epidemic -- A return to Africa -- The vaccine -- History repeats itself -- Epilogue : Elmwood.