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FIRST PLACE LITERARY FICTION Independent Publishers of New England Book Awards IPNEorg Written by a doctor of Internal Medicine 1918 is a rigorously researched and accurate historical novel about the pandemic that killed up to 100 million people The story is told through the eyes of Dr Edward Noble an army major and infectious disease subspecialist whose unique position in Boston allows him to detect an emerging influenza strain that is an unprecedented global threat The actual medical literature and terminology of the time plus real personal accounts of the pandemic are used to put the reader in the mind of this early 20th century physician KIRKUS REVIEWS said Dr Noble is an appealing knowledgeable focal point in this fictionalized rendering of the great pandemic Affecting characters and dramatic storytelling BOOKIDEAScom said 5 Stars I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone A great story that weaves the reader between a macro view of one of the most deadly pandemics in history yet within the chapters there are precious personal moments that humanize the hero that Dr Noble unwittingly yet humbly portrays to the rest of the world A great read on all levels AWARD WINNER HISTORICAL FICTION READERS FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD READERSFAVORITEcom said 5 Stars 1918 is a must read The meticulous narrative undeniably has the ability to transport readers back to the era
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Never since the Black Death has such a plague swept over the face of the world commented the Times and never perhaps has a plague been more stoically accepted When the Great Influenza pandemic finally ended in April 1919 228000 people in Britian alone were dead This book tells the story of the Great Influenza pandemic
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The threat of an imminent influenza pandemic has society frantically searching for preventatives and treatments The 1918 pandemic the most lethal in history is being carefully studied for clues on how to handle the next pandemic At present our ability to cope with a fastmoving highly infectious form of influenza is very limited This book covers a previously overlooked path The use of plants to ease the symptoms of influenza A group of licensed physicians the Eclectics successfully used herbs to ease the severe aches and pains fevers and coughs as well as to prevent pulmonary complications that were common and often fatal in the 1918 pandemic This book describes over 30 herbs actually used to treat influenza as well how physicians determined which herb to use and how to dose the plant
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Between the years 1918 and1920 influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history killing at least fifty million people more than half a million of them Americans Yet despite the devastation this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nations pastAmerican Pandemic offers a muchneeded corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak It sheds light on the social and cultural history of Americans during the pandemic uncovering both the causes of the nations public amnesia and the depth of the quiet remembering that endured Focused on the primary players in this dramapatients and their families friends and community public health experts and health care professionalshistorian Nancy K Bristow draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity cultural norms memory and the epidemic Bristow has combed a wealth of primary sources including letters diaries oral histories memoirs novels newspapers magazines photographs government documents and health care literature She shows that though the pandemic caused massive disruption in the most basic patterns of American life influenza did not create longterm social or cultural change serving instead to reinforce the status quo and the differences and disparities that defined American life As the crisis waned the pandemic slipped from the nations public memory The helplessness and despair Americans had suffered during the pandemic Bristow notes was a story poorly suited to a nation focused on optimism and progress For countless survivors though the trauma never ended shadowing the remainder of their lives with memories of loss This book lets us hear these longsilent voices reclaiming an important chapter in the American past
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From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemicand the chances for another worldwide pandemicIn spring of 1918 World War I was underway and troops at Fort Riley Kansas found themselves felled by influenza By the summer of 1918 the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another It would impact the course of the war and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itselfOf all diseases the 1918 flu was by far the worst that has ever afflicted humankind not even the Black Death of the Middle Ages comes close in terms of the number of lives it took No war no natural disaster no famine has claimed so many In the space of eighteen months in 19181919 about 500 million peopleonethird of the global population at the timecame down with influenza The exact total of lives lost will never be known but the best estimate is between 50 and 100 million In this powerful book filled with black and white photographs nonfiction master Albert Marrin examines the history science and impact of this great scourgeand the possibility for another worldwide pandemic todayA Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
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Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide claiming over 25 million lives more people than perished in the fighting of the First World War It proved fatal to at least a halfmillion Americans Yet the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today In this vivid narrative Alfred W Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panicstriken months of 1918 and 1919 measures its impact on American society and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event
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In the dying months of World War I Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world killing between 50 and 100 million peopleGerman soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh British soldiers called it Flanders Grippe but globally the pandemic gained the notorious title of Spanish FluNowhere escaped this common enemy in Britain 250000 people died in the United States it was 750000 five times its total military fatalities in the war while European deaths reached over two million The numbers are staggering And yet at the time news of the danger was suppressed for fear of impacting wartime morale Even today these figures are shocking to many the war still hiding this terrifying menace in its shadowAnd behind the numbers are human lives stories of those who suffered and fought it in the hospitals and laboratories Catharine Arnold traces the course of the disease its origins and progress across the globe via these remarkable people Some are well known to us like British Prime Minister David Lloyd George US President Woodrow Wilson and writers Robert Graves and Vera Brittain but many more are unknown They are the doughboys from the US gold miners in South Africa schoolgirls in Great Britain and many others Published 100 years after the most devastating pandemic in world history Pandemic 1918 uses previously unpublished records memoirs diaries and government publications to uncover the human story of 1918
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The epic drama of the influenza pandemic which ravaged the world for four terrifying months during 19181919
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Between the years 1918 and1920 influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history killing at least fifty million people more than half a million of them Americans Yet despite the devastation this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in the United States American Pandemic offers a muchneeded corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak It sheds light on the social and cultural history of Americans during the pandemic uncovering both the causes of the nations public amnesia and the depth of the quiet remembering that endured Focused on the primary players in this dramapatients and their families friends and community public health experts and health care professionalshistorian Nancy K Bristow draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity cultural norms memory and the epidemic Bristow has combed a wealth of primary sources including letters diaries oral histories memoirs novels newspapers magazines photographs government documents and health care literature She shows that though the pandemic caused massive disruption in the most basic patterns of American life influenza did not create longterm social or cultural change serving instead to reinforce the status quo and the differences and disparities that defined American life As the crisis waned the pandemic slipped from the nations public memory The helplessness and despair Americans had suffered during the pandemic Bristow notes was a story poorly suited to a nation focused on optimism and progress For countless survivors though the trauma never ended shadowing the remainder of their lives with memories of loss This book lets us hear these longsilent voices reclaiming an important chapter in the American past
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