| View Larger Image | Typhoid Mary | Paperbackby Anthony Bourdain (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Page Count: | 160 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 21, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 218,710th |
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In 1906, at a prosperous Long Island summer home, a family falls ill and typhoid is diagnosed. When Dr George Soper is called in to find the source of the contagion, he notices that the household cook has gone missing. She is Mary Mallon, the woman who would become known as Typhoid Mary. Soper, sanitary engineer turned sleuth, sees Mary as his Moriarty. He finds there has been an outbreak of typhoid fever in every household she has worked in over the past decade. Mary is a 'carrier', a seemingly healthy individual who passes on her dangerous germs, sometimes with fatal consequences. Now Soper must hunt the cook down before she can infect more unsuspecting victims. A poor Irish immigrant, Mary refuses to believe that she can harbour typhoid in her strong and healthy body, and she doesn't intend to go quietly. In this fascinating true story Bourdain, in an homage from one cook to another, follows Mary through the kitchens of New York, putting a human face to a desperate and unintentional murderer, and examines a time, and a life, with his inimitable style. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 1 review)
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A stew of delicious history! by Caitlin Martin (East Bay, CA)  4 Stars
May 09, 2009
Typhoid Mary was a cook.
That's the lens through which Anthony Bourdain filters his telling of her story. This is a bit longer than an essay & a bit shorter than an actual book, but a fun read. I especially enjoyed the parts where he talked about cooks & cooking & about the Irish women who immigrated to America during the potato famine. Also enjoyed reading about the foodies at the time.
I like Anthony Bourdain. He's smart & funny & passionate about food. He writes well, too.
I'm positive there are more in-depth academic tomes about Typhoid Mary with oodles of footnotes & citations & 10 or 12 different theoretical perspectives, but this one was just fine.
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