Influenza 1918
Subtitle: the worst epidemic in American history
By: Lynette Iezzoni ; foreword by David McCullough.
Publisher: TV Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Disease Outbreaks -- history; Epidemics -- United States -- History; Influenza -- history; Influenza -- United States -- History
Other titles: Influenza nineteen eighteen
Description: "The influenza epidemic of 1918 was the worst season of death in American history. Just as American troops were claiming victory in World War I Europe, a silent killer (the Spanish flu) spread across America and the world."
Notes: This is the companion book to the television documentary "Influenza 1918" aired on PBS's documentary series "The American experience."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index.