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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, and then exploded worldwide, killing as many as 100 million people. It killed more in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. It killed many more people than COVID-19, especially those who were young and otherwise healthy. This book, adapted...
2) Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children were left orphaned and families were devastated. As many American soldiers were killed by the 1918 flu as were killed in battle during World War I. And no area of the globe was safe. Eskimos living in remote outposts in the frozen tundra...
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1918. World War I is nearing its end. But the world is just beginning to suffer from a deadly pandemic. Within months, the deadly flu virus has spread around the world, infecting and killing tens of millions of people. As you return from the war, will you go to see your family and friends or quarantine to keep your loved ones safe? Will you shut down your small store to avoid spreading the virus? Will you quit your job as a teacher in...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Discover the truth behind the origin, history ad treatment of the world worst deadly pandemic in human history. The Great Influenza o 1918. In this book the author decides to analyze all the historical events of the Great Influenza of 1918 from a new and updated point of view with the object to better understand the history and the effents that this terrible pandemic has had on society, from a medical, scientific and social point of view.
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