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America's Forgotten Pandemic (Second Edition)
- The Influenza of 1918
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Between August 1918 and March 1919, the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives - more people than perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today.
In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. This edition includes a preface discussing the then-recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic.
©2003 Alfred W Crosby; Copyright 1989 by Cambridge University Press (P)2021 Tantor