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The great influenza : the story of the deadliest pandemic in history, John M. Barry, (Large Print)
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- Summary
- "At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease. Revised to reflect the growing danger of the avian flu, this is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, providing us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- xii, 926 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
-
- Originally published in Penguin Books: 2005
- Originally published in hardback as The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history. New York : Viking Penguin, 2004
- Photograph credits appear on page 925
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- The warriors
- The swarm
- The tinderbox
- It begins
- Explosion
- The pestilence
- The race
- The tolling of the bell
- Lingerer
- Endgame
- Afterword
- Isbn
- 9780593346464
- Label
- The great influenza : the story of the deadliest pandemic in history
- Title
- The great influenza
- Title remainder
- the story of the deadliest pandemic in history
- Statement of responsibility
- John M. Barry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease. Revised to reflect the growing danger of the avian flu, this is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, providing us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- ZPJ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barry, John M.
- Dewey number
- 614.5/1809041
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
- Medicine
- Large type books
- Medicine
- United States
- Label
- The great influenza : the story of the deadliest pandemic in history, John M. Barry, (Large Print)
- Note
-
- Originally published in Penguin Books: 2005
- Originally published in hardback as The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history. New York : Viking Penguin, 2004
- Photograph credits appear on page 925
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 754-926) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The warriors -- The swarm -- The tinderbox -- It begins -- Explosion -- The pestilence -- The race -- The tolling of the bell -- Lingerer -- Endgame -- Afterword
- Control code
- on1183473150
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- xii, 926 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780593346464
- Lccn
- on1183473150
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), portraits (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1183473150
- Label
- The great influenza : the story of the deadliest pandemic in history, John M. Barry, (Large Print)
- Note
-
- Originally published in Penguin Books: 2005
- Originally published in hardback as The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history. New York : Viking Penguin, 2004
- Photograph credits appear on page 925
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 754-926) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The warriors -- The swarm -- The tinderbox -- It begins -- Explosion -- The pestilence -- The race -- The tolling of the bell -- Lingerer -- Endgame -- Afterword
- Control code
- on1183473150
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- xii, 926 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780593346464
- Lccn
- on1183473150
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), portraits (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1183473150
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