Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
| Author | : David K. Randall |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2019-05-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780393609462 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0393609464 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (464 Downloads) |
Download or read book Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague written by David K. Randall and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A mash-up of Erik Larson and Richard Preston.” —Tina Jordan, New York Times Book Review podcast 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.
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