Project Gutenberg 2005-12-02 Public domain in the USA. 290 Alexander, Charles Wesley 1837 1927 Bradshaw, Wesley Angel Agnes The Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport Images of the original pages are available through the Wright American Fiction Project of the Library Electronic Text Service of Indiana University. http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/ E-text prepared by Mark Meiss from page images and corrected digital text generously provided by the Wright American Fiction Project of the Library Electronic Text Service of Indiana University "Angel Agnes" by Charles Wesley Alexander is a poignant historical novel penned in the early 1870s. The narrative centers around Agnes Arnold, a young woman who exemplifies self-sacrifice and altruism as she volunteers to nurse victims of the yellow fever epidemic in Shreveport, Louisiana. This touching story tackles themes of love, duty, and mortality against the grim backdrop of a devastating disease that prompts a humanitarian crisis. The book follows Agnes as she courageously steps into a deadly situation, driven by a sense of duty and compassion for those afflicted. Despite her efforts to save others, tragedy strikes when she sustains a fatal injury while nursing a child. Throughout her ordeal, the story captures her relationship with her mother, her intended husband George Harkness, and the patients she cares for, highlighting the contrasts between hope and despair. Ultimately, Agnes's journey is both a tribute to her noble spirit and a reflection on the fragility of life, culminating in her touching farewell letter to her mother that underscores her faith and hopes for a reunion in the afterlife. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Yellow fever -- Louisiana -- Shreveport -- 1873 -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 105095 2025-06-07T11:24:00.836960 text/html 99968 2020-12-13T07:50:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 193433 2020-12-13T07:50:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 265710 2025-06-07T11:24:08.711906 application/epub+zip 265482 2025-06-07T11:24:04.683911 application/epub+zip 109917 2025-06-07T11:24:02.467918 application/epub+zip 699292 2025-06-07T11:24:10.935954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 685527 2025-06-07T11:24:06.953948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182618 2022-09-08T09:45:30.322231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 93109 2025-06-07T11:24:00.363959 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92827 2020-12-13T07:50:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36642 2020-12-13T07:50:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18654 2025-06-07T11:24:11.085902 application/rdf+xml 12622 2025-06-07T11:24:03.040912 image/jpeg 3405 2025-06-07T11:24:02.752915 image/jpeg 265076 2025-06-07T11:24:00.866976 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog