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The Great Influenza

The True Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Young Readers Edition)

The True Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Young Readers Edition)

The True Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Young Readers Edition)

By John M. Barry

By John M. Barry

By John M. Barry

By John M. Barry

By John M. Barry
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By John M. Barry
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Apr 16, 2024 | ISBN 9780593404690 | 10-14 years

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    About The Great Influenza

    The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times bestseller.

    At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, and then exploded worldwide, killing as many as 100 million people. It killed more in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. It killed many more people than COVID-19, especially those who were young and otherwise healthy.

    This book, adapted from the #1 New York Times bestseller first published in 2004, shows young readers how this global tragedy came to pass; how science, war, and public policy collided; and how we might be able to prevent it from happening again. Impeccably researched and engrossingly told, The Great Influenza provides young readers with historical and scientific context for epidemics that remains all too relevant today.

    About The Great Influenza

    The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times bestseller.

    At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, and then exploded worldwide, killing as many as 100 million people. It killed more in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. It killed many more people than COVID-19, especially those who were young and otherwise healthy.

    This book, adapted from the #1 New York Times bestseller first published in 2004, shows young readers how this global tragedy came to pass; how science, war, and public policy collided; and how we might be able to prevent it from happening again. Impeccably researched and engrossingly told, The Great Influenza provides young readers with historical and scientific context for epidemics that remains all too relevant today.

    About The Great Influenza

    #1 New York Times bestseller

    “Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates

    “Monumental… an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.”—Chicago Tribune

    The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. 

    Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, “The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that…those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.”   

    At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.

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    About John M. Barry

    John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed Amer­ica; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven Rosenberg);… More about John M. Barry

    About John M. Barry

    John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed Amer­ica; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven Rosenberg);… More about John M. Barry

    About John M. Barry

    John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed Amer­ica; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven Rosenberg);… More about John M. Barry

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Viking Books for Young Readers
    Apr 16, 2024 | 240 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | 10-14 years | ISBN 9780593404690

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Viking Books for Young Readers
    Apr 16, 2024 | 240 Pages | 10-14 years | ISBN 9780593404706

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Audiobooks | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Apr 16, 2024 | 346 Minutes | 10-14 years | ISBN 9780593825105

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    Praise

    Over a year on The New York Times bestseller list

    “Monumental… powerfully intelligent… not just a masterful narrative… but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.” —Chicago Tribune 

    “Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “Hypnotizing, horrifying, energetic, lucid prose…” —Providence Observer

    “A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely. —The Boston Globe

    “History brilliantly written… The Great Influenza is a masterpiece.” —Baton Rouge Advocate  

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