The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Author: Johnson, Steven
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
11.2
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
72888
Points per Word
0.000206
Page Count
299
Points per Page
0.050167
Description
This book chronicles the outbreak and spread of cholera in London during the summer of 1854 and the efforts of Reverend Henry Whitehead and Dr. John Snow, who isolated the disease and put an end to the epidemic.