Influenza 1918: Two Months of Daily Death
How the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 impacted Columbia County, PA, and vicinity.
By Mark Fritz, Editor/Contributor
It's still considered the worst natural disaster in history, the devastating Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918. Here is a nearly day by day account of its impact on Columbia County, pulled from the pages of the local newspapers. In six parts: (1) The events briefly summarized; (2) Flu at the Bloomsburg Normal School; (3) First-person accounts; (4) Quack cures; (5) How Luzerne County coped; (6) Detailed chronology.
8.5” x 11” softbound, 140 pages, over 166 illustrations, names index.
By Mark Fritz, Editor/Contributor
It's still considered the worst natural disaster in history, the devastating Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918. Here is a nearly day by day account of its impact on Columbia County, pulled from the pages of the local newspapers. In six parts: (1) The events briefly summarized; (2) Flu at the Bloomsburg Normal School; (3) First-person accounts; (4) Quack cures; (5) How Luzerne County coped; (6) Detailed chronology.
8.5” x 11” softbound, 140 pages, over 166 illustrations, names index.
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