Researching the American Revolution

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Medicine and Diseases

Secondary Sources

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  • The Journal of American History Book Review – Vol. 111, No. 2, 347-48.

Fenn, Elizabeth A. Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82. 1st ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001.

Howard, Martin R. Fevered Fight: Medical History of the American Revolution 1775-1783. Yorkshire and Philadelphia: Pen & Sword Military, 2023.

Scribner, Vaughn. Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America. 1st ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2024.

Wehrman, Andrew M. The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.