The 1918 influenza pandemic

Peters, Stephanie True, 1965-

2005, Book , ix, 70 pages :

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Summary/Review: Describes the 1918 influenza pandemic, from how World War I soldiers spread the disease to recent scientific efforts to understand the virus that took more...

Summary/Review: Describes the 1918 influenza pandemic, from how World War I soldiers spread the disease to recent scientific efforts to understand the virus that took between twenty and forty million lives worldwide.

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- Epidemics--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Influenza--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

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Publication information:	New York : Benchmark Books, c2005.
ISBN:	0761416366
Language:	English
Record ID:	247777
Variant Title:	Epidemic! : the 1918 influenza pandemic
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	ix, 70 pages : illustrations
Date acquired:	Not available
More creator details:	by Stephanie True Peters.
Series statement:	Epidemic!
Series author:	Peters, Stephanie True, 1965- Epidemic!
Contents note:	What is influenza? -- The history of influenza -- The Spanish flu -- The first wave -- The first World War -- The first wave washes over the world -- The second wave -- The flu hits Boston -- Fort Devens -- The flu spreads -- The flu in Philadelphia -- The flu in San Francisco -- Elsewhere in the United States -- The end of the war and the flu -- The third wave -- Looking back -- The failure of medical science -- The failure of public health -- The search for a killer -- Eighty-year-old lungs -- The Spitsbergen Project.
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