![Flu The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/982/203/9780743203982.IN.0.m.jpg)
Flu The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic
by Gina Kolata
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New/Ver
- ISBN 10
- 0743203984
- ISBN 13
- 9780743203982
- Seller
-
Denver, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A new book with fine text. Some fading to cover spine and bottom edge due to storage.
A national bestseller, the fast-paced and gripping account of the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 from acclaimed science journalist Gina Kolata, now featuring a new epilogue about avian flu.
When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated forty million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the US population with it, 1.5 million Americans would die.
In Flu, Gina 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, from the streets of Hong Kong to the corridors of the White House, Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy.
A gripping work of science writing, Flu addresses the prospects for a great epidemic's recurrence and considers what can be done to prevent it.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Barking Dog Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11/28/23-7
- Title
- Flu The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic
- Author
- Gina Kolata
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Ver
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0743203984
- ISBN 13
- 9780743203982
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Place of Publication
- Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- January 9, 2001
- Pages
- 338
Terms of Sale
Barking Dog Books
About the Seller
Barking Dog Books
About Barking Dog Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....