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    The Great Influenza

    Book by John M. Barry

    The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History is a 2004 nonfiction book by John M. Barry that examines the Spanish flu, a 1918-1920 flu pandemic and one of the worst pandemics in history. Barry focuses on what was occurring in the United States at the time and attempts to place it against the background of American history and within the context of the history of medicine. The book describes how the flu started in Haskell County, Kansas, USA, and spread to the U.S. Army training camp Camp Funston, Kansas, USA, and around the world through troop movements during World War I. Wikipedia

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  2. John M. Barry is a prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author whose books have won several dozen awards. In 2005 the National Academies of Science named The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history, a study of the 1918 pandemic, the year's outstanding book on science or medicine.
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  3. litcharts.com

    Later, in 2020, author John M. Barry reflects back on his book, now that COVID-19 has caused a new pandemic in the United States. He concludes that the best lesson government officials can take away from that earlier pandemic is to avoid President Wilson's mistakes and simply tell the truth, because having the public's trust is an essential ...
  4. johnmbarry.com

    Learn about the 1918 flu epidemic, the deadliest pandemic in history, from the perspective of John M. Barry, a historian and former journalist. His book The Great Influenza is a New York Times bestseller and a definitive account of the crisis.
  5. goodreads.com

    John Barry's 2003 book The Great Influenza is a magisterial work of history - one that garnered a great deal of critical praise in its own time, back when the idea of a novel coronavirus causing a worldwide pandemic would have seemed to many people like nothing more than a scenario for a science-fiction movie. In the light of more current ...
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  6. The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history ... Barry, John M., 1947-Publication date 2004 Topics Influenza, Influenza Publisher New York : Viking Collection internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; americana; printdisabled Contributor
  7. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    John M. Barry.. The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history. 2004.Viking Books: New York, New York, USA.546 pp. $29.95. ISBN: -6708-9473-7 (hardcover). ... The great influenza: the epic story of the deadliest plague in history is a great book. It is well conceived, well researched, and extremely well written. ...
  8. books.google.com

    John Barry's book tells the story of the deadliest pandemic in human history, which killed as many as 100 million people worldwide in 1918. It explores the science, history and lessons of the Spanish Flu and its impact on the world.
  9. books.google.com

    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, ... The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, John M. Barry: Author: John M. Barry: Edition: revised: Publisher: Penguin, 2005: ISBN: 0143036491, 9780143036494:
  10. bookbrowse.com

    The Great Influenza At first you wonder why John M. Barry is going way back to the early 1800's to talk about 1918. Then, as you are drawn into the history, like emerging into the wide end of a funnel, you get it.

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