Author

Publication

2018 - Hawthorne Press, Christchurch, New Zealand

Language

English

Word Count

47,000 words, Guess

Page Count

188 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780473447496
  • ISBN-100473447495
  • Open LibraryOL50211743M

Description

New Zealand's worst public health disaster occurred in November 1918 when around 9000 people died in the so-called 'Spanish' influenza pandemic. Here are the voices of 110 survivors describing what they saw and what happened to them in that terrible time when the victims' bodies turned black.

First Sentence

My interest in the 1918 influenza pandemic now spans more than forty years.

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