Cholera in Detroit: A History

by Richard Adler

During the mid- to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics. The first of these, the 1832 outbreak, was of particular significance--an unexpected consequence of the Black Hawk War. In order to suppress the Native American uprising then taking place in regions around present-day Illinois, General Winfield Scott had been ordered by President Andrew Jackson to transport his troops from Virginia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786474793
• ISBN13: 9780786474790
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher