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Fever 1793 is a book about the yellow fever epidemic that plagues Philadelphia in said year. Told from the perspective of Mattie, a young girl living with her mother and grandfather, Fever 1793 is engaging and interesting from start to finish.
Matilda begins helping Eliza with her volunteer work for the Free African Society, caring for patients with yellow fever. One day, Matilda and Eliza return home to find that Joseph’s sons and Nell have the fever.
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.
Benjamin Rush, a Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, became highly regarded for his work during the 1793 epidemic. Rush thought that the outbreak had originated in a pile of rotting coffee beans left on the docks.
Colette is the first yellow fever patient that the Cook women see. A list of all the characters in Fever 1793. Fever 1793 characters include: .
During the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 5,000 or more people were listed in the register of deaths between August 1 and November 9. The vast majority of them died of yellow fever, making the epidemic in the city of 50,000 people one of the most severe in United States history.
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.
During the hot mosquito-infested summer of 1793, the dreaded yellow fever spread like wildfire, killing people overnight. Like specters from the Middle Ages, gravediggers drew carts through the streets crying "Bring out your dead!"
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic Young Adult 580 "Book design by Steve Scott"--Title page verso Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 4.4
During August of 1793, the yellow fever engulfs the city. Mattie must make decisions that affect herself, Eliza, a free black widow and friend, her grandfather, and an orphaned girl, Nell.