America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 Roger Ebert "The Holy Man on the

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America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 Roger Ebert "The Holy Man on theBetween August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those 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