The Epidemic: A Collision of Power, Privilege, and Public Health

By David DeKok

Book Overview

The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William T. Morris faced no retribution for this outrage.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762760087
• ISBN13: 9780762760084
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"