Spanish Influenza

The Story of the Epidemic That Swept America from the Newspaper Reports of 1918 (Twentieth Century History, Book 3)

By: Ken Rossignol

Narrated by: Stan Jenson

The story of the Spanish Flu of 1918 is best told and understood from the newspaper reports of publications large and small from every corner of the United States. The news reports have been picked at random, with an emphasis on selecting news articles that told of effects in the rural, small towns, cities, army camps, navy yards, with armed forces deployed at sea and in France as well as on Indian Reservations.

©2020 Kenneth C. Rossignol (P)2020 Kenneth C. Rossignol

Spanish Influenze

As I listened to these newspaper articles, I kept mentally changing Spanish Influenza to Coronavirus. I was reading coronavirus update today by state on my computer and found headlines similar to those in this book. The biggest difference that I noticed is that they named names during the Spanish Influenza. That was people could check to see if they had been in contact with infected people. My husband and I got quarantined till after Thanksgiving for going to Ohio for a family funeral. Wish we could check the names!!! I personally prefer the book to the Audible. But, I still recommend the book and/or the Audible.

Very informative! A must read at this time.

This walk back in history tells us how a pandemic was handled back in the early 1900s,, but as I read the newspaper articles from that time, it was hard to believe that I wasn't reading about our current pandemic in 2020. The big difference was that they weren't concerned with all of the privacy issues that we use now a days.
As I read,, I realized that even with 100 years of advancement in science and technology, fighting this pandemic comes down to the same things,: washing hands, keeping things clean and physical distancing.
We should have learned from the past.
Enjoyed the narration.
Mr. Rossignol did a great job of assembling a wide variety of news from that time from all over. Well done!