Black Death at the Golden Gate

The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague

David K. Randall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2020
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-35815-5 (ISBN)

Infos

“A mash-up of Erik Larson and Richard Preston.” —Tina Jordan, New York Times Book Review podcast

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On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown—but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate. Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

Autor

David K. Randall is the New York Times best-selling author of four books, including Dreamland and Black Death at the Golden Gate. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. A senior reporter at Reuters, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.07.2020
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 211 mm
• Gewicht: 236 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
• ISBN-10: 0-393-35815-1 / 0393358151
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-35815-5 / 9780393358155
• Zustand: Neuware