The Great Influenza
Subtitle: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: February 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780670894734
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; History of medicine; Infectious & contagious diseases; Public health & preventive medicine; World history; c 1900 - c 1914; Medical / Nursing; Infectious Diseases; U.S. History - Early 20th Century; United States; History: American; USA; Medicine; Modern - 20th Century; History / World; United States - 20th Century; 20th century; History; Influenza; Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
First sentence: ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1876, the crowd overflowing the auditorium of Baltimore's Academy of Music was in a mood of hopeful excitement, but excitement without frivolity.