Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell BartolettiMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
People of a certain age grew up hearing admonitions like, "Cover your mouth when you sneeze. What are you, Typhoid Mary?" I had always thought "Typhoid Mary" was just an expression for somebody who spreads germs. Well, now I know that Typhoid Mary was a real person, and her name was Mary Mallon, who lived and worked in New York City way back in the early 1900's. Susan Campbell Bartoletti has written another really good historical non-fiction book that lets us know all about Mary, an Irish immigrant who worked as cook for wealthy families in New York. After reading this book, some may sympathize with her predicament, and some will be outraged with her actions. Mary never believed that she was carrying the Typhoid germ.
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