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GUARDING THE GOLDEN GATE
GUARDING THE GOLDEN GATE
Subtitle:
A History of the U.S. Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay
Book Category:
History > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Author:
J. Gordon Frierson, MD
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 13:
9781647790462
Price:
USD 29.95
Publication Year:
2022

Publisher Info

Caddie Dufurrena,

University of Nevada Press,

Reno, NV 0 - 89557-0166,
USA
Web: www.unpress.nevada.edu

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Book Description

Frierson covers the creation and operation of the quarantine station, which is integral to San Francisco’s history, and reveals the steps taken to prevent the spread of diseases.

 
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Book Review and Awards

“Guarding the Golden Gate is a remarkably extensive history of isolation and quarantine. The scholarship is first-rate.” —George W. Rutherford, MD

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