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Very, Very, Very Dreadful

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918

By Albert Marrin

By Albert Marrin

By Albert Marrin

By Albert Marrin

By Albert Marrin
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By Albert Marrin
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Jan 09, 2018 | ISBN 9781101931462 | Young Adult

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    About Very, Very, Very Dreadful

    From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic–and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak.

    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.

    In this powerful book, filled with black and white photographs, nonfiction master Albert Marrin examines the history, science, and impact of this great scourge–and the possibility for another worldwide pandemic today.

    A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year!

    About Very, Very, Very Dreadful

    From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic–and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak.

    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.

    In this powerful book, filled with black and white photographs, nonfiction master Albert Marrin examines the history, science, and impact of this great scourge–and the possibility for another worldwide pandemic today.

    A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year!

    About Very, Very, Very Dreadful

    From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic–and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak.

    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.

    In this powerful book, filled with black and white photographs, nonfiction master Albert Marrin examines the history, science, and impact of this great scourge–and the possibility for another worldwide pandemic today.

    A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year!

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    About Albert Marrin

    Albert Marrin is a much-decorated historian and writer whose most recent book, Terror of the Spanish Main, was called “addictive reading” in The Horn Book. He lives in Riverdale, New York.

    About Albert Marrin

    Albert Marrin is a much-decorated historian and writer whose most recent book, Terror of the Spanish Main, was called “addictive reading” in The Horn Book. He lives in Riverdale, New York.

    About Albert Marrin

    Albert Marrin is a much-decorated historian and writer whose most recent book, Terror of the Spanish Main, was called “addictive reading” in The Horn Book. He lives in Riverdale, New York.

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    Category: Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Hardcover | $21.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Jan 09, 2018 | 208 Pages | 8 x 9 | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101931462

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

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    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Jan 09, 2018 | 208 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101931486

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

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    Published by Listening Library
    Jan 09, 2018 | 345 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780525526087

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    “This is nonfiction at its best.” —Booklist, starred review

    Awards

    Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books SELECTION 2018

    NSTA-CBC – Outstanding Science Trade Book SELECTION 2019

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