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230 pp.
| Houghton
| August, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-544-31367-5$17.99
(1)
4-6
What was it like to be a servant, an immigrant, a woman in the early twentieth century? Bartoletti weaves the answers into the beginning of "Typhoid Mary" Mallon's story--using Mary as a lens to view a wider swath of American society--then covers epidemiologist George Soper's cat-and-mouse game of tracking Mary down. Excellent nonfiction with a novelistic trim size and narrative. Timeline. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2015
176 pp.
| Boyds/Calkins
| March, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-1-62091-597-4$16.95
(2)
YA
At the turn of the twentieth century, typhoid was a mystery. Sanitation engineer and "germ detective" George Soper consulted on a severe outbreak in Ithaca, New York. Eventually, he investigated the case of Mary Mallon ("Typhoid Mary"), an asymptomatic New York cook who left a trail of disease. This suspenseful medical mystery is illustrated with numerous photographs. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2015
293 pp.
| Atheneum
| February, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-689-85738-6$16.99
(2)
YA
Illustrated by
Jean-Marc Superville Sovak.
In 1906, Prudence takes a job at the Department of Health and Sanitation, helping track down the origins of a case of typhoid. Prudence's notes and observation lead to the culprit: "Typhoid Mary." Chibbaro keeps readers deeply engaged in Prudence's perceptions and feelings while delicately spinning out the story's threads, weaving real-life events into her fictional main character's tale.