Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague

by David K. Randall

Book Overview

For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn't noticed a swollen black lymph node on his groin--a sign of bubonic plague. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown while doctors examined Wong's tissue for telltale bacteria. If the devastating disease was not contained, San Francisco...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393609456
• ISBN13: 9780393609455
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"