Bibliograph

Terrible typhoid Mary, a true story of the deadliest cook in America, Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Type

Label

Terrible typhoid Mary, a true story of the deadliest cook in America, Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-216) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Terrible typhoid Mary

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881418232

Responsibility statement

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Sub title

a true story of the deadliest cook in America

Table Of Contents

In which Mrs. Warren has a servant problem -- In which the Warrens get more than their just dessert -- In which the usual suspects are questioned -- In which an epidemic fighter hunts for a clue -- In which the cook rules the kitchen -- In which Mary walks more like a man than a woman -- In which extraordinary and arbitrary powers are at work -- In which Mary fights like a caged lion -- In which Mary's bad behavior leads to her doom -- In which there's some name calling -- In which Mary is banished like a leper -- In which Mary has her day in court -- In which Mary learns to keep her germs to herself -- In which it takes a squad of sanitary police -- In which a weaker spirit might have been broken -- Afterword, in which we consider the research and writing of Mary's life

Target audience

juvenile

Classification