Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:28:38 -0800

I found this book at my school library, and thought it looked interesting because I usually really enjoy biographies and such. From the cover, you may think that Mary Mallon was an evil killer and that she attempted to kill the people she did, she was really just misunderstood and she herself didn't understand how she, a seemingly healthy woman, could be the cause of so many deaths. This book follows the over publicized typhoid carrier, Mary and what happened when the Board of Public Health decided to take Mary's matters (literally and figuratively) into their own hands, claiming that she was a danger to the health of the public. While this book may not be a John Green or Suzanne Collins book, it certainly is an amazing one.