Hot time in the old town the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt / Edward P. Kohn.

Contents Prologue: "The heated term" -- Introduction: "Fighting for air" -- "Cholera infantium" -- "Slaughter Alley" -- "Enemy's country" -- "Inferno of brick and stone" -- "Bryan spoke and his auditors fled" -- "Some strange and pathetic scenes" -- Conclusion: "A phenomenon" -- Epilogue: "Hot time in the old town" -- Postscript -- Appendix A: Death certificates filed, August 4-17, 1895 and 1896 -- Appendix B: Who died : Manhattan, Tuesday, August 11.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index.
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