{"product_id":"poisoned-the-true-story-of-the-deadly-e-coli-outbreak-that-changed-the-way-americans-eat-9781982190170","title":"Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Jeff Benedict, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoisoned\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the events surrounding the worst food-poisoning epidemic in US history: the deadly Jack in the Box \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e infections in 1993.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn December 24, 1992, six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was hospitalized with excruciating stomach pain. Less than a week later she was dead. Doctors were baffled: How could a healthy child become so sick so quickly? After a frenzied investigation, public-health officials announced that the cause was \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e O157: H7, and the source was hamburger meat served at a Jack in the Box restaurant. During this unprecedented crisis, four children died and over seven hundred others became gravely ill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePoisoned\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning investigative journalist and #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Jeff Benedict delivers a jarringly candid narrative of the fast-moving disaster, drawing on access to confidential documents and exclusive interviews with the real-life characters at the center of the drama--the families whose children were infected, the Jack in the Box executives forced to answer for the tragedy, the physicians and scientists who identified \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e as the culprit, and the legal teams on both sides of the historic lawsuits that ensued. \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eA Civil Action\u003c\/i\u003e in this riveting account of how we learned the hard way to truly watch what we eat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeff Benedict is the bestselling author of seventeen nonfiction books. He's also a film and television producer. He is the coauthor of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eTiger Woods. \u003c\/i\u003eThe book was the basis of the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary \u003ci\u003eTiger\u003c\/i\u003e, which Benedict executive produced. \u003ci\u003eThe Dynasty, \u003c\/i\u003ethe definitive inside story of the New England Patriots under Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick, and Tom Brady, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. The book is the basis of a forthcoming ten-part documentary series for Apple TV+, which Benedict is executive producing. His critically acclaimed book \u003ci\u003ePoisoned\u003c\/i\u003e is the basis of a Netflix documentary, which Benedict executive produced. His legal thriller \u003ci\u003eLittle Pink House\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a motion picture starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Benedict wrote Steve Young's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling autobiography \u003ci\u003eQB\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the basis of an \u003ci\u003eNFL Films\u003c\/i\u003e documentary. Benedict's upcoming biography of LeBron James will be published in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50691751870738,"sku":"9781982190170","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d44fe3b0-1b11-4238-869b-868d559042a5.jpg?v=1734109699","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poisoned-the-true-story-of-the-deadly-e-coli-outbreak-that-changed-the-way-americans-eat-9781982190170","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}