Yellow Jack
Title | Yellow Jack PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Pierce |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2005-03-29 |
Genre | History |
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Yellow Jack tracks the history of this deadly scourge from its earliest appearance in the Caribbean 350 years ago, telling the compelling story of a few extraordinarily brave souls who struggled to understand and eradicate yellow fever.
The Year of Yellow Jack
Title | The Year of Yellow Jack PDF eBook |
Author | ANNE. SIMON |
Publisher | University of Louisiana |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781946160584 |
At the start of 1839, the small, south Louisiana town of New Iberia appears poised for prosperity. Acadian, French, English, and American immigrants have joined Spanish settlers in the area. Steamboats move up and down the Bayou Teche, carrying the products of the fertile land to market in New Orleans. Across the bayou, Hortense Duperier enjoys a privileged life in a grand brick house with her husband, Frederick, and their three children. Suddenly, Frederick's untimely death and financial reverses force her to manage the estate on her own. When signs of the dreaded yellow fever threaten an epidemic, Hortense turns to Felicite, an enslaved woman from Haiti. Together, the two women dispense Felicite's traditional remedies, defying the medical practices and social constraints of their time to save the young town.
The Mermaids and Yellow Jack
Title | The Mermaids and Yellow Jack PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Suhay |
Publisher | Bumble Bee Pub |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 2006-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781933982045 |
In 1855 the tears of a child failing into the water summon a mermaid to help the city of Norfolk, Virginia to fight the fever which sailors nicknames Yellow Jack. This gentle fable blends history with mermaid magic. From award winning children's author Lisa Suhay. Mermaids is a captivating tale that is sure to capture the imagination of readers young and old.
The Metropolitan
Title | The Metropolitan PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 598 |
Release | 1835 |
Genre | English literature |
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The Complete Works
Title | The Complete Works PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Marryat |
Publisher | |
Pages | 582 |
Release | 1837 |
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Yellow Footprints
Title | Yellow Footprints PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Shipman |
Publisher | Mariner Publishing Company, Incorporated |
Pages | 582 |
Release | 2013-06-01 |
Genre | Basic training (Military education) |
ISBN | 9780984921454 |
Gripping and dramatic, Yellow Footprints reveals the extraordinary journey of becoming one of the proud...and one of the few. Set in 1969 during the height of the Vietnam War, Yellow Footprints details the grueling training of Platoon 3074 to prepare them for the mighty ranks of the U.S. Marine Corps. From the harrowing first few days to the camaraderie forged by the men who shared this ordeal, author Jack Shipman presents an unrestrained look at boot camp not often viewed by the public. Yellow footprints mark the entrance to the Receiving Barracks at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina, and San Diego, California. Along with the other new recruits, Jack Shipman took his first steps on those footprints to either become a proud U.S. Marine or wash out of the toughest military training in the world. Shipman's attention to detail and his frank assessment of his experiences offers a highly readable account for those seeking to learn the fundamentals of Marine Corps history.
Mosquito Soldiers
Title | Mosquito Soldiers PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew McIlwaine Bell |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2010-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0807137375 |
Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. In this ground-breaking medical history, Andrew McIlwaine Bell explores the impact of two terrifying mosquito-borne maladies---malaria and yellow fever---on the major political and military events of the 1860s, revealing how deadly microorganisms carried by a tiny insect helped shape the course of the Civil War.