Fever, 1793 Resources
Websites
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Laurie Halse Anderson's official website for – you guessed it – Fever, 1793.
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Laurie Halse Anderson's account of writing Fever, 1793.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Laurie Halse Anderson, but were afraid to ask!
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Informative fact sheet on yellow fever from the World Health Organization.
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PBS provides information on the 1793 outbreak of yellow fever.
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Another great resource from PBS, this one specifically dealing with race.
Historical Documents
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Is your mouth watering after reading about the Cook family's cooking? Why not try your hand at some eighteenth-century recipes, courtesy of Amelia Simmons?
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Got a fever for fever? The truly adventurous may want to investigate Charles Brockden Brown's eighteenth-century novel set during the epidemic.
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A website from Harvard that provides information on the 1793 fever, plus links to lots of primary sources.
Video
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Have a look at this trailer for a kind of goofy film about Blanchard's 1785 hot air balloon trip across the English Channel.
Images
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Check out this portrait of the doctor by Thomas Sully.
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This print commemorates Blanchard's crossing of the English Channel (yes, by balloon!) in 1785.
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The frontispiece to Daniel A. Payne's History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (1891).
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A map of the city of Philadelphia during the time of the fever epidemic.
Books
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Want a non-fiction account of Philadelphia's yellow fever outbreak too? Check out Jim Murphy's Newberry Honor book – it's suitable for young adult readers.