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The Great Influenza: The True Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Young Readers Edition)

The Great Influenza: The True Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Young Readers Edition) - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:John M. BarryAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2024-04-16Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Viking Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780593404690ISBN-10:593404696UPC:9780593404690Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:History, Health & Daily Living, Science & NatureBook Topic:United States, Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, History of ScienceSize:8.35 x 5.59 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCEERSFV7S
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 Black Death killed in a century. It killed many more people than COVID-19, especially those who were young and otherwise healthy.

This book, adapted from the #1 New York Times bestseller first published in 2004, shows young readers how this global tragedy came to pass; how science, war, and public policy collided; and how we might be able to prevent it from happening again. Impeccably researched and engrossingly told, The Great Influenza provides young readers with historical and scientific context for epidemics that remains all too relevant today.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Viking Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780593404690ISBN-10:593404696UPC:9780593404690Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:History, Health & Daily Living, Science & NatureBook Topic:United States, Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, History of ScienceSize:8.35 x 5.59 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCEERSFV7S
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); and The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington. He lives in New Orleans and Wash­ington, DC.
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers

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