Publication

2019-05-07 - W. W. Norton & Company

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100393609456
  • ISBN-139780393609455
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018055377
  • OCLC Control Number1053999369
  • Better World Books9780393609455
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCRC176.C2R36 2019
  • LCCRC176.C2 R36 2019

Description

Traces the massive effort to contain an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 San Francisco, detailing how the process was complicated by virulent racism, pseudoscience, and political cover-ups.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic PlagueHardcoverW. W. Norton & Company2019-05-07

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