Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical

{{short description|2001 book by Anthony Bourdain}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Typhoid Mary

| image = Cover_of_Typhoid_Mary.jpg

| title_orig = Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical

| author = Anthony Bourdain

| country = United States

| language = English

| series =

| genre = Memoir/Travel

| published = 2001 (Bloomsbury Press)

| media_type = Print (Hardback)

| pages = 160

| isbn = 9781582341330

| preceded_by = A Cook's Tour

| followed_by = The Nasty Bits

}}

Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical is a 2001 book by Anthony Bourdain about Mary Mallon a.k.a. "Typhoid Mary", published by Bloomsbury USA. The book is an entry in the "Urban Historical" collection. Tim Carman, of The Washington Post, described it as "an odd, unlikely follow-up to" Kitchen Confidential.{{cite web|last=Carman|first=Tim|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2019/07/30/when-listing-anthony-bourdains-greatest-literary-hits-dont-discount-typhoid-mary/|title=Overlooked among his many books, Anthony Bourdain's 'Typhoid Mary' is a revelation in 2019|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2019-07-30|accessdate=2021-05-02}} - [https://www.chron.com/entertainment/books/article/Overlooked-among-his-many-books-Anthony-14267042.php Repost] at the Houston Chronicle

Adam Shatz of The New York Times wrote that Mallon being a "non-American" and a "tough-as-nails, foulmouthed, trash-talking female line cook" made her a subject of interest for Bourdain.{{cite web|last=Shatz|first=Adam|url=http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/13/reviews/010513.13shatz.html|title=Employees Must Wash Hands|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2001-05-13|accessdate=2021-05-02}}

Bourdain puts in his own commentary along with biographical details about Mallon. John DeMers of the Houston Chronicle wrote "There is no guarantee that Mallon felt even remotely the feelings Bourdain has her feeling, since people's reactions to life are formed at least partly by their world."{{cite web|last=DeMers|first=John|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Typhoid-Mary-by-Anthony-Bourdain-2039372.php|title='Typhoid Mary' by Anthony Bourdain|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2001-07-15|accessdate=2021-05-02}} Carman stated that Bourdain initially has a sympathetic view of Mallon and a critical view of George Soper, who Bourdain characterizes as xenophobic, though that it hardens towards Mallon in the portion where she causes illness in a hospital.