If it can happen in Beverly Hills, it can happen anywhere. The Poisoning of an American High School is a feat of investigative reportage and the product of four years of research by award-winning journalist Joy Horowitz. Making lucid the tangled issues of public health, regulation, and the political power of industry, it tells a riveting tale ripped from newspaper headlines--a cancer cluster affecting graduates of one of America's most affluent schools, Beverly Hills High. The Poisoning of an American High School presents the behind-the-scenes saga of the 2003 landmark toxic tort suit, in which more than one thousand plaintiffs, with the sensational Erin Brockovich as their champion, claimed their illnesses could be traced to exposure to the oil derricks just yards from school grounds.

The Poisoning of an American High School

History

Horowitz, Joy

Americas

Penguin??Books

Documents the landmark tort case involving Beverly Hills High School and Erin Brockovich through which oil drilling practices behind the school's athletic fields were linked to cancer outbreaks among young graduates and a heavily debated legal battle that divided the community and incorporated dramatic scientific, political, and personal influences. 40,000 first printing.

Parts per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School

Biographies & Memoirs

Viking Adult

Tessie and Pearle: A Granddaughter's Report

Community & Culture

New York: Scribner

Tessie and Pearlie: A Granddaughter's Story

A journalist offers a loving tribute to her Jewish grandparents, Tessie and Pearlie, two people that remain close to their immigrant past, whose lives have been shaped by the century's wars, the Depression, discrimination, religion, and family. 50,000 first printing.

TESSIE AND PEARLIE: A Granddaughter's Story

Scribner

In their touching story, two Jewish grandmothers--Tessie and Pearlie--share their wisdom, knowledge, and recipes to die for. Still close to their immigrant past and hardened by wars, the Depression, and discrimination, they teach us about living. And dying. They are the last of a breed--a generation passing but not likely to be forgotten.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Touchstone

A journalist discusses her Jewish grandparents, who remain close to their immigrant past and whose lives have been shaped by their varied experiences

Thorndike Pr

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The Poisoning of an American High School

Parts per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School

Tessie and Pearle: A Granddaughter's Report

TESSIE AND PEARLIE: A Granddaughter's Story

Tessie and Pearlie: A Granddaughter's Story

Tessie and Pearlie: A Granddaughter's Story