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ISBN-10: 0393358151
ISBN-13: 9780393358155
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 07/07/2020
Dimensions: 8.50" L, 5.60" W, 0.80" H

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

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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.

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A meticulously researched history that unfolds like a thriller.–Mary Roach, New York Times best-selling author of Grunt
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393358151
ISBN-13: 9780393358155
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 07/07/2020
Dimensions: 8.50" L, 5.60" W, 0.80" H
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