| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
306 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"On the eve of the twentieth century, Mary Mallon emigrated from Ireland at age fifteen to make her way in New York City. Brave, headstrong, and dreaming of being a cook, she fought to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic-service ladder. Canny and enterprising, she worked her way to the kitchen, and discovered in herself the true talent of a chef. Sought after by New York aristocracy, and with an independence rare for a woman of the time, she seemed to have achieved the life she'd aimed for when she arrived in Castle Garden. Then one determined 'medical engineer' noticed that she left a trail of disease wherever she cooked, and identified her as an 'asymptomatic carrier' of Typhoid Fever. With this seemingly preposterous theory, he made Mallon a hunted woman."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-306). |
| Subject |
Typhoid Mary, -1938 -- Fiction.
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Typhoid fever -- Fiction.
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New York -- Fiction.
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Typhoid Mary, -1938 -- Fiction.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Typhoid Mary, 1869-1938 (OCoLC)fst01861752
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Typhoid fever. (OCoLC)fst01160038
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Biographical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726537
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781451693416 (hardcover) |
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1451693419 (hardcover) |
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9781451693423 (pbk.) |
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1451693427 (pbk.) |
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