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100 1 _aVarious
245 1 4 _aThe Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 :
_bVolume 23, Number 6
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-05-15
508 _aProduced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844" by Various is a historical periodical written in the mid-19th century. This publication features a collection of articles, stories, and poetic works reflecting the literary and cultural sentiment of the time, focusing on various themes, including personal anecdotes, social commentary, and imaginative fiction. The specific opening piece, "The Plague at Constantinople," describes an eye-witness account of the devastating effects of the plague in the mid-nineteenth century. At the start of the magazine, the narrator recounts their personal experience living in Galata, a suburb of Constantinople during the plague epidemic of 1837. The narrative paints a grim picture of the environment plagued by death, isolation, and fear. The narrator describes the quarantine measures they and a small family take to avoid infection while observing the death of many others around them. The vivid descriptions of the suffering, loss, and the emotional toll of the epidemic set a somber tone for the issue, showcasing the human resilience and the impact of disease on both personal and societal levels. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPeriodicals
700 1 _aClark, Lewis Gaylord,
_d1808-1873
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25475
999 _c66476
_d66476