The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world / Steven Johnson.
Publication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.Description: 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1594489254
- 9781594489259
- 1594482691 (pbk)
- 9781594482694 (pbk)
- 614.514 22
- RC133.G6 J64 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index.
This book chronicles the outbreak and spread of cholera in London during the summer of 1854 and the efforts of Reverend Henry Whitehead and Dr. John Snow, who isolated the disease and put an end to the epidemic.
Accelerated Reader UG 11.2 15 147784.