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by Gina Kolata

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The author examines the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918 that killed an estimated 40 to 100 million people in the world, and delves into the mystery that still surrounds it. Kolata takes readers into the lab where scientists today are working with samples of the virus, and addresses the prospects for a recurrence of an equally lethal pandemic.

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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.

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When the plague came, on those chilly days of autumn, some said it was a terrible new weapon of war.

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  • Title Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
  • Author Gina Kolata
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atria Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2001-01-09
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780743203982 / 0743203984
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.45 x 0.86 in (21.34 x 13.84 x 2.18 cm)
  • Reading level 1160
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919, Influenza - History - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00064861
  • Dewey Decimal Code 614.518

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  • Entertainment Weekly, 01/19/2001, Page 79

About the author

Gina Kolata is a science reporter for "The New York Times" and the author of "Clone: The Road to Dolly and Sex in America." She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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