A review by mbondlamberty
The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics by Stephen Coss

4.0

Very interesting. I like this approach of combining two narratives (like Erik Larson) - the smallpox thread and the printing thread.
As I try to work my way through Bunker Hill, this gives me a nice backdrop to events preceding those.
Sad to see how personal vendettas like Douglass' affect good science (or politics or work).
Very enjoyable read and love that it was partly written in Ground Zero (a Madison coffee house - live in Mad-town for 10 years).