The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history / John M. Barry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barry, John M., 1947-

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919.

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--United States.

Medicine--United States--History--20th century.

Medicine.

Influenza, Human--history.

Disease Outbreaks--history.

History, 20th Century.

History.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Influenza, Human--history.

Disease Outbreaks--history.

History, 20th Century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, [2004]

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

The warriors

The swarm

The tinderbox

It begins

Explosion

The pestilence

The race

The tolling of the bell

Lingerer

Endgame.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-527) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Barry, John M., 1947- Great influenza.

ISBN:

9780786586516

0786586516

Publisher Number:

99985164308

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.