TYPHOID MARY by Anthony Bourdain

In 1906, at a Long Island summer home, a family falls ill with typhoid.  When Dr George Soper is called in to find the source of the contagion, he notices that the household cook is missing.  She is Mary Mallon, who would become known as Typhoid Mary.  Soper, sanitary engineer turned sleuth, sees Mary as his Moriarty.  He finds there has been an outbreak of typhoid fever in every household she has worked in.  Mary is a 'carrier', a seemingly healthy individual who passes on her germs, sometimes with fatal consequences.  Now Soper must hunt Mary down before she can infect more victims.  In this fascinating true story, Bourdain follows Mary through the kitchens of New York, putting a human face to a desperate and unintentional murderer, and examines a time, and a life, with his inimitable style.

Soft cover, good condition.  148 pages.