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This is a tale of pursuit through the kitchens of New York City at the turn of the century. By the late nineteenth century, it seemed that New York City had put an end to the outbreaks of typhoid fever that had so frequently decimated the city's population. That is until 1904, when the disease broke out in a household in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Authorities suspected the family cook, Mary Mallon, of being a carrier. But before she could be tested, the woman, soon to be known as Typhoid Mary, had disappeared.

This series explores the true story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant cook who became America's first documented healthy typhoid carrier. Between 1900 and 1915, Mary infected at least fifty-one people and caused three deaths while never experiencing symptoms herself. Verified through medical records, court documents, and hospital archives, the series follows her journey from anonymous domestic worker to permanent exile on North Brother Island, where she spent twenty-six years imprisoned without trial. The investigation examines the collision between individual liberty and public health, ...

What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? This riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology and enduring questions about who Mary Mallon really was. How did her name become synonymous with deadly disease?