"Before HIV or Ebola, there was the Spanish flu--this narrative history marks the one hundredth anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history"--Dust jacket flap.

"First published in Great Britain by Michael O'Mara Books Limited."--Title page verso.

Introduction: An ill wind -- A victim and a survivor -- "Knock me down" fever -- The killer without a name -- The invisible enemy -- One deadly summer -- Know thy enemy -- The fangs of death -- Like fighting with a ghost -- Eye of the storm -- A winding sheet and a wooden box -- The Spanish Lady goes to Washington -- "You can't do anything for flu" -- "Native daughter dies" -- The fatal voyage -- Ship of death -- "Like a thief in the night" -- The dying fall -- Armistice Day -- Black November -- Aftermath -- "Viral archaeology" -- The Hong Kong connection -- Secrets of the grave.