Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

In a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan...
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Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

$43.00

Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

$43.00
Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of the most misunderstood women in American history.

With archival photographs and text, among other primary sources, this riveting biography 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? What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? And who is really responsible for the lasting legacy of Typhoid Mary?

Terrible Typhoid Mary also examines extreme public health measures at the time and public misconceptions around disease. Includes an author's note, timeline, annotated source notes, and bibliography.



Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 08/04/2015
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780544313675
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 175217 / Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America


Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 05/01/2015 pg. 137
Publishers Weekly 06/01/2015
Booklist 06/01/2015 pg. 83
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 152
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
BookPage 08/01/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2015
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 12

About the Author
Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the author of the Newbery Honor book Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, the Robert F. Sibert Medal-winning Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, and TheyCalled Themselves the KKK. Her work has received dozens of other awards and honors, including the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction. A former teacher, she is now a full-time writer living in Moscow, Pennsylvania. Visit her website at www.scbartoletti.com.

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