The Devil's Flu

The Devil's Flu
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 0805066225
ISBN-13 : 9780805066227
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Book Synopsis The Devil's Flu by : Pete Davies

Download or read book The Devil's Flu written by Pete Davies and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-10-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1918, the Spanish flu killed up to 40 million people across the planet. From the remotest villages in Arctic climates to crowded U.S. cities to the battlefields of Europe, there were plague houses in which whole families lay sick or dead. In Madras, train services stopped running, as one-third of its workforce fell ill. In Calcutta, the postal service and the legal system ground to a halt. And in the United States, it killed more Americans than all the wars fought in the twentieth century put together. The disease did not discriminate. It took whom it pleased -- rich or poor, distinguished or humble, hungry or well nourished, healthy or infirm. It was a flu unlike any that the world had encountered before or that has come along since.


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