Very, very, very dreadful
Subtitle: the influenza pandemic of 1918
By: Albert Marrin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781101931462
Subjects: Epidemics; Influenza; Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919; Diseases; History
Other titles: Influenza pandemic of nineteen-eighteen
Description: In this powerful book, filled with black and white photographs, nonfiction master Albert Marrin examines the history, science, and impact of this great scourge and the possibility for another worldwide pandemic today.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (pages 167-190) and index.

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1040 Lexile.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the great-granddaddy of them all --; title: The pitiless war --; title: Diseases of war --; title: Puny man: drowning in the second wave --; title: A fear and panic: influenza and American society --; title: To the bitter end --; title: A detective story.