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Typhoid Mary

Typhoid Mary

by Anthony Bourdain

First published 2001 · 154 pages · about 3 hours to read

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Recounts the story of Mary Mallon, an immigrant cook considered responsible for the 1904 outbreak of typhoid fever in Oyster Bay, Long Island, and describes her attempts to escape capture and institutionalization.

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