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Author Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.

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

Publication Info. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
©2015

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Teen  YA 92 TYPHOID MARY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J-B TYPHOID    Storage
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  JB TYPHOID MARY    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 614.5 BAR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J BIO TYPHOID MARY    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 614.5 TYPHOID MARY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 614.5 BARTOLETTI    DUE 04-13-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J92 TYPHOID MARY    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen  YA 614.5 BARTOLETTI    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J HEALTH 614.5 BAR    Check Shelf

Description 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary "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? This thorough exploration includes an author's note, timeline, annotated source notes, and bibliography" -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-216) and index.
Contents In which Mrs. Warren has a servant problem -- In which the Warrens get more than their just dessert -- 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 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 research and writing of Mary's life.
Subject Typhoid Mary, -1938 -- Juvenile literature.
Typhoid fever -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Quarantine -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Cooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Typhoid Mary, 1869-1938. (OCoLC)fst01861752
Cooks. (OCoLC)fst00878051
Quarantine. (OCoLC)fst01085153
Typhoid fever. (OCoLC)fst01160038
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
ISBN 9780544313675
0544313674
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