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More deadly than war : the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War

Title
  1. More deadly than war : the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War / Kenneth C. Davis.
Published by
  1. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Author
  1. Davis, Kenneth C.

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Description
  1. 291 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "A nonfiction account of one of the most deadly outbreaks of disease in human history--the Spanish Flu"--
Alternative title
  1. Spanish flu and the First World War
Subject
  1. Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919)
  2. World War (1914-1918)
  3. 1914-1919
  4. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Social aspects > Juvenile literature
  5. Influenza > Patients > Anecdotes > Juvenile literature
  6. World War, 1914-1918 > Juvenile literature
  7. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
  8. Influenza > History > 20th century
  9. World War, 1914-1918 > Health aspects
  10. Communicable diseases > History
  11. Epidemiology > History
  12. Social aspects
  13. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
  14. JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars
  15. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters
Genre/Form
  1. Nonfiction.
  2. Anecdotes.
  3. Juvenile works.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. JFE 19-10287
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-269) and index.
Audience (note)
  1. Ages 10-14.
Author
  1. Davis, Kenneth C., author.
Title
  1. More deadly than war : the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War / Kenneth C. Davis.
Publisher
  1. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Audience
  1. Ages 10-14.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-269) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1914-1919
LCCN
  1. 2017041236
ISBN
  1. 9781250145123 (hardcover)
  2. 1250145120
Research call number
  1. JFE 19-10287
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