The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
by John M. Barry
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0143036491
- ISBN 13
- 9780143036494
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In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupoted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza weaves together multiple narratives, with characters ranging from William Welch, founder of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, to John D. Rockefeller and Woodrow Wilson. Ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, this crisis provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon.
Very Good condition. Minimal edge wear. Very slight corner wear. Black & white photo section in center. Clean and tight.
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546 pages including index.
Synopsis
At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research and now revised to reflect the growing danger of the avian flu, The Great Influenza is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, which provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- Author
- John M. Barry
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0143036491
- ISBN 13
- 9780143036494
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- October 4, 2005
- Pages
- 546
- Size
- 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 in
- Keywords
- disease, Influenza, flu, plague, lethal virus, Kansas, American troops, pandemic, epidemics
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - American; Science; History - World; History - World War I; Disasters;
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