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The fever of 1721 /

More than fifty years before the American Revolution, Boston was in revolt against the tyrannies of the Crown, Puritan authority and superstition. This is the story of a fateful year that prefigured the events of 1776. In The Fever of 1721, Stephen Coss brings to life an amazing cast of characters i...

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Main Author:	Coss, Stephen (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, [2016]
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Smallpox > Vaccination > History. Smallpox > Vaccination > United States > History > 18th century. Medicine > United States > History. Smallpox > history. Disease Outbreaks > history. Smallpox Vaccine > history. History, 18th Century. Politics. Boston. United States. HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775) POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > General. HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

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