{"product_id":"typhoid-mary-9780747566878","title":"Typhoid Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the late nineteenth century  it seemed that New York City had put an end to the outbreaks of typhoid fever that had so frequently decimated the citys population. That is until 1904  when the disease broke out in a household in Oyster Bay  Long Island. Authorities suspected the family cook  Mary Mallon  of being a carrier. But before she could be tested  the woman  soon to be known as Typhoid Mary  had disappeared. Over the course of the next three years  Mary worked at several residences  spreading her pestilence as she went. In 1907  she was traced to a home on Park Avenue  and taken into custody. Institutionalized at Riverside Hospital for three years  she was released only when she promised never to work as a cook again. She promptly disappeared.  For the next five years Mary worked in homes and institutions in and around New York  often under assumed names. In February 1915  a devastating outbreak of typhoid at the Sloane Hospital for Women was traced to her. She was finally apprehended and reinstitutionalized at Riverside Hospital  where she would remain for the rest of her life.  Typhoid Mary is the story of her infamous life. Anthony Bourdain reveals the seedier side of the early 1900s  and writes with his renowned panache about life in the kitchen  uncovering the horrifying conditions that allowed the deadly spread of typhoid over a decade. Typhoid Mary is a true feast for history lovers and Bourdain lovers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45793964228661,"sku":"ByrdShop_0747566879","price":42.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780747566878_0b723b01-3329-4a16-a276-d237a01d3a6a.jpg?v=1788290305","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/typhoid-mary-9780747566878","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}