Fever 1793 I need help with a summer reading project

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When you are reading this book, it would be helpful for you to find out some background information so the history makes more sense to you.  Basically, the book takes place during the Revolutionary War, when America was fighting to become a country.  There is an outbreak of Yellow Fever, a very deadly illness.  You can read about Yellow Fever here.  It is spread by mosquitos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever

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