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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World

by Laura Spinney

In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus–one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on the history of the twentieth century. The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a thir

Publisher

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Publication date

2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

332

ISBN

9781541736122