The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375757082ISBN-10:375757082UPC:9780375757082Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:United States, Infectious DiseasesBook Topic:20th Century, State & LocalSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SC8FWZ1VY6
The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco
The veteran Wall Street Journal science reporter Marilyn Chase's fascinating account of an outbreak of bubonic plague in late Victorian San Francisco is a real-life thriller that resonates in today's headlines. The Barbary Plague transports us to the Gold Rush boomtown in 1900, at the end of the city's Gilded Age. With a deep understanding of the effects on public health of politics, race, and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375757082ISBN-10:375757082UPC:9780375757082Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:United States, Infectious DiseasesBook Topic:20th Century, State & LocalSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SC8FWZ1VY6
MARILYN CHASE, a longtime reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covers medical science and health care, currently focusing on infectious-disease outbreaks and bioterrorism. An honors graduate of Stanford University who also holds a master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley, Chase lives with her family in San Francisco.
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