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Publication Name
The Epidemic
Title
The Epidemic
Subtitle
How Typhoid Devastated an American Town and How the Residents Fou
ISBN-10
1493069632
EAN
9781493069637
ISBN
9781493069637
Release Year
2022
Release Date
01/11/2022
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Book Title
Epidemic : How Typhoid Devastated an American Town and How the Residents Fought Back
Item Length
8.8in
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
Publication Year
2022
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
David Dekok
Genre
History
Topic
United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / 20th Century
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
1 Oz
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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The dramatic account of a typhoid epidemic in Ithaca, New York, in 1903, and its dark underside--with lessons for today! The Epidemic tells the story of how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, New York. Eighty-two people died, including twenty-nine Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William T. Morris faced no retribution for this outrage. His legacy was a corporation--first known as Associated Gas & Electric Co. and later as General Public Utilities Corp.--that bedeviled America for a century. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979 was its most notorious historical event, but hardly its only offense against the public interest. The Ithaca epidemic came at a time when engineers knew how to prevent typhoid outbreaks but physicians could not yet cure the disease. Both professions were helpless when it came to stopping a corporate executive who placed profit over the public health. Government was a concerned but helpless bystander. In this emotionally gripping book, David DeKok, a former award-winning investigative reporter and the author of widely praised books on the mine fire that devastated Centralia, Pennsylvania, brings this tragedy home by taking us into the lives of many of those most deeply affected. For modern-day readers acutely aware of the risk of a devastating global pandemic and of the dangers of unrestrained corporate power, The Epidemic provides a riveting look back at a heretofore little-known, frightening episode in America's past that seems all too familiar. Written in the tradition of The Devil in the White City, it is an utterly compelling, thoroughly researched work of narrative history with an edge.

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Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1493069632
ISBN-13
9781493069637
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20057265776

Product Key Features

Book Title
Epidemic : How Typhoid Devastated an American Town and How the Residents Fought Back
Author
David Dekok
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / 20th Century
Publication Year
2022
Genre
History
Number of Pages
336 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ra644.T8
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
614.51120974771
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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