Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History by Catharine Arnold

Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History

Catharine Arnold

368 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

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In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe. In three successive waves, from 1918 to 1919, influenza killed more than 50 million people. German soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh, British sold...

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