Black death at the golden gate: the race to save america from the bubonic plague - david k. randall

On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King.

Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown--but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate.

Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King.

Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown--but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate.

Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King.

Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown--but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate.

Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King.

Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown--but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate.

Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King.

Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown--but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate.

Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultim.