Book About Spanish Flu 1918

This book laura spinney s pale rider is a recent offering in the pandemic literature that has become popular in the past twenty years.

Book about spanish flu 1918. 3 7 out of 5 stars 22. Spanish influenza the story of the epidemic that swept america from the newspaper reports of 1918 twentieth century history book 3 by ken rossignol elizabeth mackey et al. Katherine anne porter s novella pale horse pale rider published under the same title in a 1930 collection of three works.

Unlike covid 19 which is hitting older people the hardest the influenza pandemic caused the. The spanish flu had a far greater impact on the disadvantaged around the world. 4 6 out of 5 stars 17.

The history and legacy of the world s deadliest outbreak chronicles the devastating disease and the damage it wrought across the globe. Along with pictures and a bibliography you will learn about the 1918 flu outbreak like never before in no time at all. It focuses on the only known pathogen likely to create a future pandemic the influenza virus through its greatest past outbreak the spanish flu of 1918.

The worst pandemics in history by richard t. A book s total score is based on multiple factors including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The spanish flu has been represented in numerous works of fiction.

Outbreak contagion history and consequences of the 1918 great influenza born from h1n1 virus. This book taught me a lot about the spanish flu. The true story of the deadliest pandemic in history how it changed the world and what can we learn from it by barry larson trevor nicholus collins et al.

1918 a 1985 american drama film. The forgotten fallen a 2009 british television series. Fiction that involves the 1918 influenza epidemic pandemic also called the spanish flu that claimed the lives of 100 million people worldwide.