Bibliograph

Black death at the Golden Gate, the race to save America from the bubonic plague, David K. Randall

Type

Label

Black death at the Golden Gate, the race to save America from the bubonic plague, David K. Randall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black death at the Golden Gate

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1098034578

Responsibility statement

David K. Randall

Sub title

the race to save America from the bubonic plague

Summary

Traces the massive effort to contain an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 San Francisco, detailing how the process was complicated by virulent racism, pseudoscience, and political cover-ups

Table Of Contents

Across the sea -- The Nippon Maru -- The imperial city -- Criminal idiocy -- Fault lines -- Quarantine -- Oust the faker -- An infamous compact -- An impossible task -- A most peculiar team -- As soon as possible -- The unpleasant past -- For god's sake send food -- Two percent -- The worst corner of hell -- One of California's adopted sons -- Cast aside -- A hero once more -- Epilogue: how close we came

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