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The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history / John M. Barry.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating RC150.4 .B37 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barry, John M., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Influenza--History--20th century.
- Influenza.
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 546 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, [2004]
- Summary:
- No disease the world has ever known even remotely resembles the great influenza epidemic of 1918. Presumed to have begun when sick farm animals infected soldiers in Kansas, spreading and mutating into a lethal strain as troops carried it to Europe, it exploded across the world with unequaled ferocity and speed. In his powerful new book, award-winning historian John M. Barry unfolds a tale that is magisterial in its breadth and in the depth of its research, and spellbinding as he weaves multiple narrative strands together.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 507 -527) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670894737
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