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The Great Influenza: The Epic Story Of The Deadliest Plague In History
John M. Barry

The Great Influenza: The Epic Story Of The Deadliest Plague In History

the epic story of the deadliest plague in history

Viking Adult (Feb 09, 2004)
9780670894734
| Hardcover
560 pages | 163 x 229 mm | English
$ 29.95 | Value: $ 29.95
Dewey 614.5 BAR
LC Classification RC150.4 .B37 2004
LC Control No. 2003057646

Genre

  • Non-Fiction

Subject

  • Influenza
  • Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
  • Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919/ United States
  • Medicine/ United States/ History/ 20th Century
  • United States

Plot

An in-depth account of the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918, a plague that took the lives of millions of people around the world, examines the causes of the pandemic, its devastating impact on early twentieth-century society, the researchers who risked their lives to confront the disease, and the lasting implications of the crisis and the scientific discoveries that resulted.