Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

by Laura Spinney

Book Overview

In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus--one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on the history of the twentieth century.
The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth--from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541736125
• ISBN13: 9781541736122
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"