The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- ISBN-10
- 096591142X
- ISBN-13
- 9780965911429
- Category
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
- Pages
- 546
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Author
- John M. Barry
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