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The Great Influenza by John M. Barry

The Great Influenza

The Epic Story of the 1918 Pandemic

by John M. Barry
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  • First Published:
  • Feb 1, 2004, 496 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jan 2005, 560 pages
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Andy Coffman

Borderline Criminal
This book was terribly writen. It is so repetitive as to be self-defeating. It's grammaticaly pedantic insofaras to be insulting to historians and scholars everwhere. He introduces quotes and evidence poorly and fails to promote historically cogent practices. The author is the antithesis of a qualified scholor endeavoring to provide readers with subjective yet engaging narrative.
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