Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague

On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown--but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate. Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

Author: David K. Randall
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/07/2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780393358155