The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century
Item details
- ISBN: 0143111124
- ISBN: 9780143111122
-
Physical Description:
print
xix, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm - Publisher: [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-319) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "I wonder what's in it" -- Case of characters -- Introduction -- Part I -- A chemical wilderness -- Cheated, fooled, and bamboozled -- The beef court -- What's in it? -- Only the brave -- Lessons in food poisoning -- The yellow chemist -- The jungle -- Part II -- The poison trust -- Of ketchup and corn syrup -- Excuses for everything -- Of whiskey and soda -- The love microbe -- The adulteration snake -- The history of a crime -- Epilogue. |
Find similar items by subject
Genre: | Biographies. History. Biographies. |
Currently available copies
- 3 out of 3 copies are currently available at PINES.
Holds
- 0 current holds on 3 total copies.
More Options
Show Only Available Copies
Library System: Library Branch Name
|
Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library: Columbia County Library |
363.19 BLU (
Send Text) |
31100003006039 | Adult Books | Available | |
Roddenbery Memorial Library System: Roddenbery Memorial Library |
AN 363.19 BLU (
Send Text) |
31046005811746 | ADULT | Available | |
Three Rivers Regional Library System: McIntosh County/Ida Hilton Library |
NON FIC 363.192 B (
Send Text) |
31006003999919 | Stacks | Available |