The Great Influenza

This article is about the book. For the article about the Great Influenza pandemic, see Spanish flu.

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
AuthorJohn M. Barry
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPandemics
PublishedNew York, New York
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
2004
Publication placeUSA
Media typeprint
Pages546
ISBN978-0670894734
OCLC271407049

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (originally subtitled The Epic Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History) is a 2004 nonfiction book by John M. Barry that examines the Spanish flu, a 1918-1920 flu pandemic and one of the worst pandemics in history. Barry focuses on what was occurring in the United States at the time and attempts to place it against the background of American history and within the context of the history of medicine.[1] The book describes how the flu started in Haskell County, Kansas, USA, and spread to the U.S. Army training camp Camp Funston, Kansas, USA, and around the world through troop movements during World War I.

  1. ^ Palese, Peter (15 July 2004). "The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114 (2): 146. doi:10.1172/JCI22439. ISSN 0021-9738. PMC 450178.