1. [n]  fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
2. [n]  yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine
3. [n]  caused by a virus transmitted by a mosquito

Yellow Jack
Set in New Orleans during the 1840s, a novel of erotic adventure and human corruption follows an apprentice of Louis Daguerre from the studio of his mentor, where he has just participated in inventing photography, to America, where he uses the new art to photograph the victims of Yellow Fever. Reprint. 12,000 first printing.

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