The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Fiction_Gift_Guide [Evans] writes with admirable narrative

[Evans] writes with admirable narrative power and possesses a wonderful eye for local color

and finding out that you—yes

At a moment of drastic political upheaval

during which he and his wife capture animals to start their own zoo

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The bestselling author of Nobody's Fool and Straight Man delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Fiction_Gift_Guide [Evans] writes with admirable narrativeA New York Times Notable Book Inspiration for PBS's American Experience film The Poison Squad A detailed, highly readable history of food and drink regulation in the United States. Wall Street Journal Riveting. . . . [A] timely tale about how scientists and citizens can work together on meaningful consumer protections. Science From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made