01991cam a2200277 4500 545750504 TxAuBib 100617s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780143036494 pbk. 0143036491 pbk. SDY SDY TXE AIC WAU COF SKYRV CoLwJCPL TxAuBib Barry, John M., 1947- The great influenza : the story of the deadliest pandemic in history / John M. Barry. Ed. with a new afterword. New York : Penguin Books, 2009. 546 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Previous ed.: New York : Viking, 2004. "With a new afterword on H1N1 (Swine) flu"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-527) and index (p. [529]-546). Part I: The warriors -- Part II: The swarm -- Part III: The tinderbox -- Part IV: It begins -- Part V: Explosion - - Part VI: The pestilence -- Part VII: The race -- Part VIII: The tolling of the bell -- Part IX: Lingerer -- Part X: Endgame -- Afterword. "At the height of WWI, historys 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. Revised to reflect the growing danger of the avian flu, this is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, providing us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon"--From publisher description. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. United States. Medicine United States. Influenza History 20th century.