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245 10 a| Very, very, very dreadful :b| the influenza pandemic of 1918 /c| Albert Marrin.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| [2018];

300 a| 198 pages :b| illustrations, maps, portraits ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| A Junior Library Guild selection.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-190) and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue: The great-granddaddy of them all -- The pitiless war -- Diseases of war -- Puny man: drowning in the second wave -- A fear and panic : influenza and American society -- To the bitter end -- A detective story.;

520 a| In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself. Of all diseases, the 1918 flu was by far the worst that has ever afflicted humankind; not even the Black Death of the Middle Ages comes close in terms of the number of lives it took. No war, no natural disaster, no famine has claimed so many. In the space of eighteen months in 1918-1919, about 500 million people--one-third of the global population at the time--came down with influenza. The exact total of lives lost will never be known, but the best estimate is between 50 and 100 million.--Provided by Publisher.;

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Very, very, very dreadful : the influenza pandemic of 1918 / Albert Marrin.

Author/creator	Marrin, Albert author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
Copyright Date	©2018
Description	198 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects	Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Juvenile literature. Influenza--History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature. Epidemics--History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature. Diseases--History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.

Contents	Prologue: The great-granddaddy of them all -- The pitiless war -- Diseases of war -- Puny man: drowning in the second wave -- A fear and panic : influenza and American society -- To the bitter end -- A detective story.
Abstract	In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself. Of all diseases, the 1918 flu was by far the worst that has ever afflicted humankind; not even the Black Death of the Middle Ages comes close in terms of the number of lives it took. No war, no natural disaster, no famine has claimed so many. In the space of eighteen months in 1918-1919, about 500 million people--one-third of the global population at the time--came down with influenza. The exact total of lives lost will never be known, but the best estimate is between 50 and 100 million.--Provided by Publisher.
General note	A Junior Library Guild selection.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-190) and index.
Audience	1040 Lexile
LCCN	2018285131
ISBN	9781101931462 (trade)
ISBN	1101931469 (trade)
ISBN	9781101931479 (library binding)
ISBN	1101931477 (library binding)
ISBN	(ebook)
ISBN	1101931485 (ebook)
ISBN	9781101931486

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