The Great Influenza
the story of the deadliest pandemic in history
$45.41
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2005
Summary
The definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic.
“Monumental”—Chicago Tribune.
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143036494 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143036491 |
| Author: | John M. Barry |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 653g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 139mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Monumental… powerfully intelligent… not just a masterful narrative… but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.”
Over a year on The New York Times bestseller list“Monumental… powerfully intelligent… not just a masterful narrative… but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.” —Chicago Tribune “Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject.” —The New York Times Book Review“Hypnotizing, horrifying, energetic, lucid prose…” —Providence Observer“A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely. —The Boston Globe“History brilliantly written… The Great Influenza is a masterpiece.” —Baton Rouge Advocate
About The Author
John M. Barry
John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven Rosenberg); and The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington. He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
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