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Book Description
When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the U.S. population with it, 1.5 miContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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The Flu of Flus
“The 1918 influenza epidemic is one of history’s great conundrums,” Gina Kolata writes in introducing the fascinating medical and scientific stories gathered together in her new book. As the subtitle explains, they are about the flu of 1918, and abou ... (read full critics)
nybooks published on Thu, 26 Aug 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 352 Pages
- Edition: Touchstone
- ISBN-10: 0743203984
- ISBN-13: 9780743203982
- Publisher: Touchstone
- Pub date: Jan 09, 2001
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and Unbound
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780743203982 | Paperback | $15.00 | $10.30 | bn.com |
| $15.00 | $11.79 | The Book Depository | ||
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Flu Gina Kolata Macmillan, £12.99 Buy it at BOL Enough already with your sniffles and your fey moaning: if you want to know what flu can really be like, read this fascinating scientific history of the 1918 pandemic, which killed between 40 million an ... (read full critics)