The Great Influenza
Subtitle: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: February 1, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780143034483
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.