About this title: Describes the great flu epidemic of 1918, an outbreak that killed some forty million people worldwide, and discusses the efforts of scientists and public health officials to understand and prevent another lethal pandemic.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. NO spine creasing Cover show wear Edges are worn and tips are bent Text is CLEAN and tight A SMOKE FREE book. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New. 0743203984 New from the publisher-has remainder mark. Ships within 1 business day. Your 100% satisfaction is our guarantee! read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. New and used with remainder mark. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition, Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Touchstone Books, NY
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743203982ISBN:0743203984
Description: B/W Illus. Near Fine. 8 vo. 330 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743203982ISBN:0743203984
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Clean inside and out with text just starting to tan. Firmly bound in very nearly fine condition soft cover with no creases to cover or spine. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743203982ISBN:0743203984
Description: Illustrated. Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 trade paperback book. Red and green lettering on the black spine with an illustrated cover. 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. 330 pages. Light wear. Tight binding. Very Good condition. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 330 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Very Good soft cover light crease in upper corner of front cover, remainder mark on lower end. Fourth printing. 330 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Glossy Softcover
Publisher: Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743203982ISBN:0743203984
Description: As New. 330pp including index Photo section. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone
Date Published: 1/9/01
ISBN-13:9780743203982ISBN:0743203984
Description: Near Fine. 2001 Paperback. Cvr: light crease along bottom edge of front cover. Text: clean and unmarked, no highlight or underlining. No spine crease. Books shipped daily. Please select expedited for 2-4 business day delivery to US cities. PSCI-KOLQ12E1. read more
"I grew into quite the germ nerd when my interest in public and community health was at its zenith, and it was at that point that I bought this book. Now, 4 years later in 2009, was the perfect time for me to be enthralled by the history of influenza. As the threat of another round of swine flu rages, I got to read about the original swine flu that showed up after the 1918 flu, and the scare in the 70s that led to a faulty faccination campaign. We have certainly learned from history, and one thing is certain. The virus will continue to mutate and evolve and change...and fool us over and over again."
"A science detective story regarding the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 25% of the American population and estimates of up to 100 million people worldwide. It began in the spring of 1918, subsided, and returned in the fall of that year after having mutated into the most virulent killer the planet has ever seen. This is the very exciting story of how scientists must work as detectives in order to understand and prevent such an epidemic from occurring again. Although I read this book a few years ago, it has become relevant once again with the threat of a swine flu outbreak this fall. Let's hope that through this research after all these years, enough has been learned to prevent another pandemic...meanwhile, get your flu shot!"
"My mother had been recommending this book to me for ages, and given the swine flu scare earlier this year I finally decided to read it. Good suggestion, mom!
I normally get bored by non-fiction, but this one kept me interested all the way through to the last pages, and even left me wanting more of the "story." Kolata starts out by giving some history of the 1918 flu pandemic, then moves on to other, more recent flu epidemics. She finishes by discussing modern attempts to sequence the 1918 virus using various preserved tissue samples.
Part of me wishes she had written the book a few years later because when it came out in 1999 the sequencing was still under way. Now I'll just have to look for some more recent articles on the subject!"
"The book was published in 1999, but it reads like it was written just a few weeks ago. The information Gina presents is so relevant to today that it's eerie. I am fascinated by the parts of history that our textbooks seem to forget, and the 1918 flu is probably one of the largest omissions in our historical texts. In it's two phases ( lighter spring outbreak, followed by the massively deadly fall outbreak) it managed to decrease the world population significantly and took out more lives than WW1 and WW2 combined. Utterly devastating and completely forgotten in popular culture. The book starts quickly diving right into historical narrative of the time. the first 5 or so chapters are fascinating, but start to drag a bit when the topic switches to the 1970's swine flu debacle. The book picks up again when the author starts telling the story of modern day scientists investigating the near century old virus. Gina does a great job in putting the potentially boring scientific details into a story that is both informative and entertaining. I highly recommend this book for any history buff, or even anyone interested gaining in depth perspective on what's happening with the H1N1 virus outbreak happening right now."
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