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Title: Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical by Anthony Bourdain ISBN: 1-58234-133-8 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Ok...
Comment: I read this book for a project for a Criminalistics class for a Summer camp. I was looking forward to learning about Typhoid Mary and all about her problems as she lived her life carrying the deadly typhoid. I was a little disappointed to find out that a lot of the book was about the context of the life she lived in. I'm sure that for some...that would be a nice touch, but I was looking more forward to reading about the case than about society. But other than that, I thought it was a good read. I found myself laughing quite a bit, thanks to the clever way that Anthony Bourdain narrated this novel. Not a Number #1 choice...but not the worse i've read either. I'll let you decide.....
Rating: 5
Summary: An energetic account of a willful woman
Comment: In this diminutive book (amounting to fewer than 150 pages), the robust Bourdain tells the stormy story of 'Typhoid Mary' Mallon. The author and subject, it becomes clear, are much alike. Both are cooks, iconoclasts, and outsiders. The personalities of the two resonate with one another throughout. For the most part, this is a charitable portrait of a misunderstood woman, but Bourdain also admits that Mary had a misanthropic side. In the later part of her life, knowing she was a carrier of salmonella typhi, she worked as a cook at a hospital for women and children! At the same time, she had been wronged by the system -- treated unfairly because of her gender, her immigrant status, and her station in life. Bourdain successfully gets inside Mary's mind, and those of the bureaucrats who hounded her. His speculations on the inner thoughts of the players in this drama feel accurate. The mystery of Typhoid Mary is energetically brought to life in this wonderful account set in early-1900's New York.
Rating: 3
Summary: Entertaining but not great....
Comment: I was a bit disappointed by this book, but yet I still really love Anthony Bourdain's writing style. Bourdain's writing style is the main reason I kept reading Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical. Anyone who's had to write essays for school (especially essays based on research to back up an opinion), will be familiar with the style of this book. Basically, Mary Mallon's story, which, admittedly is very brief and could fill up about 10 pages, is strewn throughout 144 pages of Bourdain's historical research, contemplation, and witticisms. While this is interesting, it's just not really all about Mary Mallon (aka Typhoid Mary). That's okay - if that's what you're expecting. If you like Bourdain's writing style and sense of humor, then you'll like this book. If you want to really learn about the person known as Typhoid Mary, then you can probably do that somewhere else and quicker. This book is definitely good for entertainment value, but being someone who's had to write many of those "let me back up my thoughts" essays for school, I can see one when I spot one, and Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical fits the bill.
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Title: Bone in the Throat by Anthony Bourdain ISBN: 1582341028 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain ISBN: 1582341036 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Cook's Tour : Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain ISBN: 0060012781 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Bobby Gold Stories : A Novel by Anthony Bourdain ISBN: 1582342334 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain ISBN: 0060934913 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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