Review by hb_bookworm - The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

A review by hb_bookworm
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

4.0

if you're coming to this looking to learn the story of the broad street cholera outbreak, the author does a great job of bringing the players and the setting to life. however, he also spends a lot of time contextualizing the event from early civilization to modern day -- fascinating, but somewhat long winded. I really like learning that kind of history and seeing how one event fits into all of history, but even I thought he got a bit redundant at times. overall, a great piece of historical/modern writing.

A review by hb_bookworm The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

A review by hb_bookworm
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson