Search Results: Disasters from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From the back cover:
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupoted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza weaves together multiple narratives, with characters ranging from William Welch, founder of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, to John D. Rockefeller and Woodrow Wilson. Ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, this crisis provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon.
Very Good condition. Minimal edge wear. Very slight corner wear. Black & white photo section in… Read More

Sellers note: I lived just a few blocks away from Crown Center and had just been to an event at the Hyatt the week before this disaster happened. When I heard the news of the skywalk collapse, it was hard to believe. The news spread fast and within hours I had friends from all over the country checking in with me to make sure that I was okay and had not been hurt. It was such a sobering event. I will never forget it. From front DJ flap: "In an instant, more than one hundred people lost their lives. Twice as many were seriously injured. In an instant, the crush of concrete and steel jolted the lives of hundreds of others." "The Last Dance is the story of a tragedy. It tells how a new building raised hopes and a city's pride, how a desire for grand architectural flourishes created challenges and how efforts to simplify construction created a fatal flaw. It tells how an evening of gaiety turned into a night of horror." It tells how the truth was discovered and what was learned from the mistakes, and… Read More

From front DJ flap: "In this definitive chronicle Robert Reed presents a major historical work in the field of railroad accidents with a wealth of photographs and public prints of the day."
Book - Very Good condition. Yellow cloth over boards with black text on spine. Very minimal edge/corner wear. There appears to be some glue discoloration on the end papers. Rest of book is clean and binding is Very Good. Lots of great black & white photos and illustrations.
Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges show little wear except at top and bottom of spine. 3 of the corners of the flaps have corners clipped at a slight slant.
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183 pages.