Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in American HistoryThe influenza epidemic of 1918 was the worst season of death in American history. Just as American troops were claiming victory in World War I Europe, a silent killer (the Spanish flu) spread across America and the world. |
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User Review - JohnMunsch - LibraryThingThis book was interesting in spite of itself. Very few people know the scope of the havoc the flu of 1918-1919. In America alone it killed more Americans than were killed in combat in World War I, II ... Read full review
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| Title | Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in American History Volume 2 of The American Experience |
| Author | Lynette Iezzoni |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | TV Books, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 28, 2010 |
| ISBN | 157500108X, 9781575001081 |
| Length | 238 pages |
| Subjects | › › Health & Fitness / Diseases / Contagious |
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