| Outbreak in Washington, D.C.:: The 1857 Mystery of the National Hotel Disease Contributor(s): Walters, Kerry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626196389 ISBN-13: 9781626196384 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 975 |
| LCCN: 2014033893 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The National was once the grandest hotel in the capital. In 1857, it twice hosted President-elect James Buchanan and his advisors, and on both occasions, most of the party was quickly stricken by an acute illness. Over the course of several months, hundreds fell ill, and over thirty died from what became known as the National Hotel disease. Buchanan barely recovered enough to give his inauguration speech. Rumors ran rampant across the city and the nation. Some claimed that the illness was born of a sewage effluvia," while others darkly speculated about an assassination attempt by either abolitionists or southern slaveowners intent on war. Author Kerry Walters investigates the mysteries of the National Hotel disease." |