Black Death at the Golden Gate : the race to save America from the bubonic plague /: the race to save America from the bubonic plague. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David K. Randall.
• Authors: Randall, David K
• Contents: Prologue: Fighting the devil with fire -- Across the sea -- The Nippon Maru -- The imperial city -- Criminal idiocy -- Fault lines -- Quarantine -- Oust the faker -- An infamous compact -- An impossible task -- A most peculiar team -- As soon as possible -- The unpleasant past -- For god's sake send food -- Two percent -- The worst corner of hell -- One of California's adopted sons -- Cast aside -- A hero once more -- Epilogue: how close we came.
• Publisher Details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.9/23200979461; Plague -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century; Plague -- history; Plague; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; San Francisco; California -- San Francisco; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780393609462; 0393609464
• Related ISBNs: 9780393609455; 0393609456
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.