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Deadly flu, war, truth: learn from history, protect the future.
The Great Influenza
The True Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Young Readers Edition)
$33.68
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2024
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Summary
The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times bestseller.
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 B…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593404690 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593404696 |
| Author: | John M. Barry |
| Publisher: | Penguin USA |
| Imprint: | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 146mm x 219mm |
| Audience Age: | 10-14 |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
146 × 219 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
mm / in
About The Author
John M. Barry
John M. Barry is the author of four previous books:
- Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
- Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports
- The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven A. Rosenberg)
- The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington
He lives in New Orleans and Washington, DC.
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