The Barbary plague
Subtitle: the Black Death in Victorian San Francisco
By: Marilyn Chase
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780375504969
Subjects: Geschichte 1900-1915; Pest; Disease Outbreaks; Plague; History, 20th Century; History
Description: Describes an epidemic of bubonic plague that erupted in turn-of-the-century San Francisco and the efforts of scientists to contain the disease, discover its source, and eradicate it from the city.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and index.