America's Forgotten Pandemic (Second Edition): The Influenza of 1918 [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B08XN33FKK | 2021 | 11 hours and 35 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 318 MB
Author: Alfred W. Crosby
Narrator: Rick Adamson
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 half-million 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 panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. This edition includes a preface discussing the then-recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic.