Author

Publication

2015 - Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

43,750 words, Guess

Page Count

175 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101620915979
  • ISBN-139781620915974
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014948476
  • OCLC Control Number886485258
  • Better World Books9781620915974
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC614.5112
  • LCCRA644.T8 J37 2015
  • LCCRA644.T8J37 2015

Description

Chronicles the story of the early 1900s typhoid fever epidemic in New York, providing details as to how its infamous carrier was ultimately tracked down and stopped. Gripping text and photographs tell the 1907 true story of the woman who unwittingly spread deadly bacteria, the epidemiologist who discovered her trail of infection, and the health department that decided her fate.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Fatal feverCalkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights2015

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