An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
What is Rickett's Circus in An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy?
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Rickett's Circus became a holding zone or drop off point for those suffering from yellow fever. The building normally sheltered a circus troop that was closed for the summer. The building became a place of death and isolation, as sufferers were dropped there to die.... no one was there to nurse them.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793