| Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague Contributor(s): Randall, David K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393358151 ISBN-13: 9780393358155 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century - Medical | Infectious Diseases |
| Dewey: 616.923 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Francisco, California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Randall, David K.: - David K. Randall is a senior reporter at Reuters. The New York Times best-selling author of Black Death at the Golden Gate, Dreamland, and The King and Queen of Malibu, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey. |