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.
Read More
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.
Read Less
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $189.98, new condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Penguin Audiobooks.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $14.95, new condition, Sold by Basement Seller 101 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Penguin Books.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $56.34, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Penguin Books.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $72.97, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Penguin Books.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $22.50, new condition, Sold by The Book Buggy rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phelan, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $49.00, new condition, Sold by Enterprise Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Viking.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New in Fine dust jacket. 0670894737. Book New. NO notes, names or ANY markings. DJ with only minor crimping along top edge, else Very Fine, NOT rubbed. Not clipped ($29.95); Ships in a box, USA; Thick 8vo; 546 pages.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $76.51, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $83.94, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest to cart. $86.10, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Viking Adult.
This is the best book on the 1918 flu epidemic in the United States.
I found the first 60 pages with the biographies of the scientists involved a bit too slow but once the pandemic began - I couldn't put the book down.
It does not cover the digging up of the bodies in Alaska for comparasons to today's flus but I was mainly interested in the 1918 pandemic
Wugo
Feb 18, 2010
The Great Influenza
Mr. Barry has written an adequate history of the 1918 influenza pandemic He succeeds in making the story gripping by interlarding it with dramatic details and mini-biographies adulating doctors who were involved in some way with research related to influenza..
The book conveys a clear impression of the desperation of the time (as Mr. Barry views it). I would have preferred fewer panegyrics and more statistical information.
