TECHNOLOGY
Getz, David

Purple Death: The Mysterious Flu of 1918

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Peter McCarty. The author of Frozen Man and Frozen Girl gets to continue his interest in mummified remains in this chapter book about the 1918 flu pandemic, preserved corpses from those who died in the Arctic providing the best opportunity to study the virus. Although the text is repetitive and inconclusive (sometimes necessarily, given the still incomplete knowledge about the virus), the book is a readable summary. Bib., ind.

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