Flu: Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by Gina Kolata * Nonfiction

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It In 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the U.S. population with it, 1.5 million Americans would die. Kolata, an acclaimed reporter for The New York Times, unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. From Alaska to Norway, form the streets of Hong Kong to the corridors of the Whie House, she tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that impelled government policy. Paperback Gently used. See photos. Slight yellowing of pages. 5.5" x ~6.5” 330 pages includes photos, notes, index Genre: nonfiction, pandemic, influenza, science, biology, virology, disaster, medicine, public health, science writing