Full name: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

Author: John M. Barry Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Science Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Google Books eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780143036494 0143036491

An account of the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918, which took the lives of millions of people around the world, examines its causes, its impact on early twentieth-century society, and the lasting implications of the crisis. Similar books: Flu by Gina Kolata America's Forgotten Pandemic by Alfred W. Crosby Pandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold 1491 by Charles C. Mann Influenza 1918 by Lynette Iezzoni 1493 by Charles C. Mann Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser Connections by James Burke Polio by David M. Oshinsky Disease by Mary Dobson The Codebreakers by David Kahn A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby The Most Powerful Idea in the World by William Rosen Beyond Uncertainty by David C. Cassidy Project Orion by George Dyson Defenders of the Truth by Ullica Segerstrale The Little Ice Age by Brian Fagan Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill