America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918, Second Edition Free Audiobook Download by Alfred W. Crosby

America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918, Second Edition is an in-depth look into the deadly influenza pandemic that swept across America in early 1918. Alfred W. Crosby examines how war-torn Europe and a long period of extreme agricultural practices (the "War on Nature") led to the pandemic's outbreak.

America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918, Second Edition by Alfred W. Crosby audiobook download is a narrative telling of the influenza epidemic in the United States during the early months of 1918. This outbreak has been largely forgotten in US history because most Americans are familiar with the pandemic that occurred in 2009, which was caused by H1N1 swine flu.

America had always been a country of immigrants which changed it from a population that was mostly English to one that was made up of many different ethnicities. With the influx of these people, came many new diseases and sicknesses. The 1918 influenza then spread quickly throughout America hitting society hard with an epidemic killing tens of thousands, yet it has long been forgotten in the United States.

The 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic killed over half a million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The CDC reports that it was the deadliest pandemic in history for which there is "a clear definition of its geographic extent."

America's Forgotten Pandemic is a book about the influenza pandemic of 1918. The author, Alfred W. Crosby, was an American historian who wrote on historical epidemics. He has written many books including "". This book focuses on the story of this pandemic and how it affected America during that time period.