Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary by Gail Jarrow

Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary

Gail Jarrow

192 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history middle grade science informative fast-paced
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In March 1907, the lives of three remarkable people collided at a New York City brownstone where Mary Mallon worked as a cook. They were brought together by typhoid fever, a dreaded scourge that killed tens of thousands of Americans each year. Fat...

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