About this title: The real Typhoid Mary was an Irish immigrant cook who infected some twenty-two New Yorkers with typhoid fever before she was traced, caught, and exiled for life. "Resurrecting forgotten history, Judith Leavitt raises an alarm that is much needed in this day of AIDS". PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780807021026ISBN:0807021024
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Great Copy. Binding is tight. Text is clean and unmarked. DJ edgewear and mild bumping at spine ends and corners. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 331 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0807021024 EX LIB. BOOK-EXPECTED WEAR MARKS STICKERS ETC-DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED INCLUDED DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780807021033ISBN:0807021032
Description: The real Typhoid Mary was an Irish immigrant cook who infected some twenty-two New Yorkers with typhoid fever before she was traced, caught, and exiled for life. "Resurrecting forgotten history, Judith Leavitt raises an alarm that is much needed in t... read more
"I am currently taking a class about women in history. One of our big projects is to read a biography of a woman, ordinary or famous, who has passed away. Later on I need to do a literary review of this book. I chose Typhoid Mary as my subject and found the book later.
This book was written by a medical history professor at University of Wisconsin. It covers many perspectives on Typhoid Mary, including the question of if her civil liberties were stripped because single women were not considered breadwinners in the 1900's."
"at the very least thorough. for what it was--a revisiting of the presentation of mary mallon and the distillation of her self from the "typhoid mary" she had become--it probably deserves more stars."
"I liked this book, but at the same time I think I probably should have read it a bit at a time. It opened up a lot of questions about patient rights, even in today's society and I liked that particular period in history, so I enjoyed the book. That being said, it reads a bit like a textbook, or something you might read in a medical ethic class (which I liked, but not everyone would be interested in). Rec'd from Talon2Claw and handed off to Karenlea during my California Bookcrossing Adventure 2.0."
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