Alfred W. Crosby is a Professor Emeritus in American studies, history, and geography at the University of Texas, Austin. His books include America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918, Second edition, Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History, The Measure of Reality.
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Between August 1918 and March 1919, the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives-more people than perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemi... SEE MORE