very very very dreadful the influenza pandemic of 1918

I will say that the story of the 1918 pandemic is a riveting and horrifying one. Graphic nonfiction is a great way to present information to readers who may struggle to maintain interest in this material presented in other formats. For such a dramatic event, the storytelling was kind of dry, and I’m hoping some of the repetition and clunky sentences will be cleaned up by the final copy.

I’m bummed to say that this one was just kind of meh for me, though a meh Don Brown book is still a pretty good book. Usually, I find them incredibly moving and deeply interesting. What made the influenza of 1918 so exceptionally deadly-and what can modern science help us understand about this tragic episode in history? With a journalist’s discerning eye for facts and an artist’s instinct for true emotion, Sibert Honor recipient Don Brown sets out to answer these questions and more in Fever Year.ĭon Brown’s graphic nonfiction books are always an auto-read for me.

But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don’t suspect influenza. But there’s something coming that is deadlier than any war. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. From the Sibert honor-winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City comes a graphic novel of one of the darkest episodes in American history: the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918.

Very very very dreadful the influenza pandemic of 1918