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The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 614.51809041
EAN: 9780143036494
Edition: Revised
ISBN: 0143036491
Label: Penguin Books
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 546
Publication Date: October 04, 2005
Publisher: Penguin Books
Studio: Penguin Books
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Editorial Review:
At the height of WWI, historys 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.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A Hot Read
A detailed look at the horrible influenza epidemic that decimated not only the United States but most of the world in 1918, killing tens of millions and sickening many more. An excellent job of explaining the biological and medical complexities of the disease, detailing the history of often shoddy medical education in the United States, and relating the Spanish flu's human and emotional toll through vivid anecdotes of personal hardship and horror. The book reads well as a medical detective story ... Read More
Rating: - The Great Influenza
I liked this book it is a big thick book that takes a long time to read. If you enjoy history and you know it repeats itself. It is an interesting book to buy.
Rating: - informative but "wordy"
This book contains some excellent information, but i would recommend the abridged version. I don't feel the personal lives & quirks of all of the scientists involved in the story added any insight to this pandemic.
Rating:  - Missed opportunity
To me, this book really represented a missed opportunity to tell a potentially fascinating story. I found *The Great Influenza* long, overwritten, repetitive, and, most important (as several have noted) telling only the American side of a worldwide pandemic. Sometimes, the author seemed to be so in love with a particular theme or trope that he strained the narrative beyond all reason to fit it in. One of the more egregious examples was the long tale, at the book's end, of the career decline and ... Read More
Rating: - More than just a history
There are a lot of good reviews describing this book, so I will just say I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was difficult at times to track with the story because it weaves back and forth on itself so that you understand the whole story. Worth reading.
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