175 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2015 by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights.
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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
- Typhoid fever
- Juvenile literature