John M. Barry
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John M. Barry is the author of six books: Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, 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 Rosenberg); and The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington. He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
