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The Great Influenza

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The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
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Oct 04, 2005 | ISBN 9780143036494

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Praise

Over a year on The New York Times bestseller list

“Monumental… powerfully intelligent… not just a masterful narrative… but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.” —Chicago Tribune 

“Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject.” The New York Times Book Review

“Hypnotizing, horrifying, energetic, lucid prose…” Providence Observer

“A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely. The Boston Globe

“History brilliantly written… The Great Influenza is a masterpiece.” Baton Rouge Advocate  

Table Of Contents

Prologue

Part I: The Warriors

Part II: The Swarm

Part III: The Tinderbox

Part IV: It Begins

Part V: Explosion

Part VI: The Pestilence

Part VII: The Race

Part VIII: The Tolling Of The Bell

Part IX: Lingerer

Part X: Endgame

Afterword

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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