Terrible typhoid Mary : a true story of the deadliest cook in America / Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

Author/creator Bartoletti, Susan Campbell author.
Format Book
PublicationBoston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Description229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents In which Mrs. Warren has a servant problem -- In which the Warrens get more than their just "desserts" -- In which the usual suspects are questioned -- In which an epidemic fighter hunts for a clue -- In which the cook rules the kitchen -- In which Mary walks more like a man than a woman -- In which extraordinary and arbitrary powers are at work -- In which Mary fights like a caged lion -- In which Mary's bad behavior leads to her doom -- In which there's some name-calling -- In which Mary is banished like a leper -- In which Mary Mallon has her day in court -- In which Mary learns to keep her germs to herself -- In which it takes a squad of sanitary police -- In which a weaker spirit might have been broken -- Afterword, in which we consider the writing of Mary's life.
Abstract "What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology and enduring questions about who Mary Mallon really was. How did her name become synonymous with deadly disease? And who is really responsible for the lasting legacy of Typhoid Mary?" -- Provided by publisher.
Local noteLittle-472129--305131067312W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [177]-216) and index.
Audience 980 Lexile
LCCN 2014023057
ISBN9780544313675
ISBN0544313674

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