Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Book Overview

In a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of the most misunderstood women in American history.

With archival photographs and text, among other primary sources, this riveting biography looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544313674
• ISBN13: 9780544313675
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher