Hot time in the old town
Subtitle: the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edward P. Kohn
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780465013364
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: "The heated term"; title: Introduction: "Fighting for air"; title: "Cholera infantium"; title: "Slaughter Alley"; title: "Enemy's country"; title: "Inferno of brick and stone"; title: "Bryan spoke and his auditors fled"; title: "Some strange and pathetic scenes"; title: Conclusion: "A phenomenon"; title: Epilogue: "Hot time in the old town"; title: Postscript; title: Appendix A: Death certificates filed, August 4-17, 1895 and 1896; title: Appendix B: Who died : Manhattan, Tuesday, August 11.