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Gr 7 Up—Seasoned nonfiction author Marrin returns with a thorough and entertaining telling of the Influenza Pandemic that swept the world during World War I, described as "the greatest medical holocaust in history." The narrative relays the progress of human disease from hunting and gathering days to the rise of "scientific medicine," with a discussion of biological agents from bacteria to viruses. Readers experience the public health crisis from its believed beginning in Kansas t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More