Book About Spanish Flu Pale Rider

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Book about spanish flu pale rider. From start to finish the book presents its arguments clearly and concisely and leaves the reader in no doubt of the great tragedy that was spanish flu. This book laura spinney s pale rider is a recent offering in the pandemic literature that has become popular in the past twenty years. From start to finish the book presents its arguments clearly and concisely and leaves the reader in no doubt of the great tragedy that was spanish flu.

Pale rider is an excellent and readable account of the pandemic that swept the world in 1918 and caused the deaths of so many millions of people. The spanish flu of 1918 and how it changed the world hardcover sept. Pale rider is an excellent and readable account of the pandemic that swept the world in 1918 and caused the deaths of so many millions of people.

Laura spinney s pale rider. In pale rider laura spinney recounts the story of an overlooked pandemic tracing it from alaska to brazil from persia to spain and from south africa to odessa. She shows how the pandemic was shaped by the interaction of a virus and the humans it encountered.

Telling the story from the point of view of those who lived through it she shows how the pandemic was shaped by the interaction of a virus and the humans it encountered. In pale rider laura spinney recounts the story of an overlooked pandemic tracing it from alaska to brazil from persia to spain and from south africa to odessa. And how this devastating natural experiment put both the ingenuity and the vulnerability of humans to the test.

And how this devastating natural experiment put both the ingenuity and the vulnerability of humans to the test. The spanish flu of 1918 and how it changed the world is a great and highly accessible guide to one of the twentieth century s greatest tragedies. Until recently this pandemic has been forgotten by history.

12 2017 by laura spinney author 4 5 out of 5 stars 605 ratings see all formats and editions. Pale rider by laura spinney review the flu pandemic that killed 50 million spanish flu in 1918 19 killed vastly more people than the world war it followed yet has remained in the shadows people. 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.