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THE GREAT INFLUENZA

John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven Rosenberg); and The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington. He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D.C. WBa8+FQhfVHXpu3vttxZl9oNRomDupc8vteYX+MqBmJsU99gX1G9rCWgubtyJBct