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

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

Laura Spinney

352 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science reflective medium-paced
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Ideal for readers fascinated by how global crises reshape societies, blending historical depth with scientific insight to reveal pandemics' profound, lasting impacts on humanity's evolution.

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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 twent...

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