"Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918"by Gina Kolata.

A Critical Book Review

of

Flu:

The Story of the Great Influenza pandemic of 1918

And the Search for the Virus That Caused It

By Gina Kolata

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

19 Union Square West, New York 10003

ISBN: 0-7838-9019-2

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The eBook version

( ISBN: B000056WKX )

was used for this paper.

For

History 233

Dr. Terry Chapman

Medicine Hat College

Winter, 2003

Due: Thursday, April 3, 2003 - 8:00 a.m.

Although some estimates enumeration as high as 100 million, at least 40 million people worldwide were killed in the great(p) influenza pandemic of 1918. In spite of the horrific demise toll, the flu pandemic of 1918 is often overlooked. Why this is the case, is but cardinal of the many questions that Gina Kolata, a science writer for the New York Times, tries to dish in Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza epidemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999). This paper is a critical criticism of her book, and topics of discussion will be Kolatas background, the central theme of her book, how she supports her claims, her presentation, and her organization. As well, a brief discussion of what the book contributes to the readers knowledge and arrangement of the field will be included.

Gina Bari Kolata (b.1948) is a science journalist who has been writing for The New York Times since 1988. She studied molecular biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds a masters gradation in mathematics from the University of Maryland. She is married, and has children. During an interview with Diane Rehm of WAMU 88.5 on November 17, 1999, Kolata speaks of how her whole family was interest by the 1918 flu pandemic. Kolata brings this personal feel with her to the...

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