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More deadly than war : the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War
- Title
- More deadly than war : the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War / Kenneth C. Davis.
- Author
- Davis, Kenneth C.
- Publication
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
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Details
- Description
- 291 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A nonfiction account of one of the most deadly outbreaks of disease in human history--the Spanish Flu"--
- Alternative Title
- Spanish flu and the First World War
- Subjects
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars
- Influenza > Patients > Anecdotes > Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters
- World War (1914-1918)
- 1914-1919
- World War, 1914-1918 > Health aspects
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Social aspects > Juvenile literature
- Epidemiology > History
- World War, 1914-1918 > Juvenile literature
- Social aspects
- Anecdotes
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- Juvenile works
- Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919)
- Communicable diseases > History
- Nonfiction
- Influenza > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- Nonfiction.
- Anecdotes.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-269) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 10-14.
- Contents
- Introduction : the purple death -- "The Yanks are coming" -- The Spanish lady -- "Blue as huckleberries and spitting blood" -- "Over the top" : a brief history of World War I -- "Over there" : the first wave -- Spring-summer 1918 -- "Obey the laws and wear the gauze" : the second wave - Autumn 1918 -- The world turned upside down -- Peace and plague -- Back to Brevig mission -- Afterword : relapse?
- Call Number
- JFE 19-10287
- ISBN
- 9781250145123
- 1250145120
- LCCN
- 2017041236
- OCLC
- 1034984776
- Author
- Davis, Kenneth C., author.
- Title
- More deadly than war : the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War / Kenneth C. Davis.
- Publisher
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Audience
- Ages 10-14.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-269) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1914-1919
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-10287