John M. Barry (1) (1947–)
Auteur de La grande grippe. Comment la grippe espagnole est devenue la pandémie la plus meurtrière de l'histoire
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A propos de l'auteur
John M. Barry was born in 1947. He is a widely respected journalist who has covered national politics extensively. He has used this background to write two highly acclaimed books of nonfiction. The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington (1989 is an examination of use and abuse of power. afficher plus In Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (1997), he revisits the power theme, but this time in the setting of a natural disaster. Barry is a careful researcher who documents the devastating facts of the flood and intertwines it with the fascinating story of powerful men and their selfish agendas. The conflict between the ruling class and black racists, the clash of former Senator LeRoy Percy and demagogue James K. Vardaman, the candidacy of Herbert Hoover, and the backlash election of Huey Long, all had roots in the policies surrounding the flood. Barry's political expertise comes from his years as Washington editor of Dun's Review, where he covered national politics. He has written for the Washington Post and magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, and Esquire. The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer, coauthored with oncologist Steven A. Rosenberg, has been published in twelve languages. Barry maintains two homes, one in New Orleans and another in Washington, D.C. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de John M. Barry
La grande grippe. Comment la grippe espagnole est devenue la pandémie la plus meurtrière de l'histoire (2004) 4,302 exemplaires
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (1997) 1,420 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1947
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Providence, Rhode Island, Etats-Unis
- Lieux de résidence
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Études
- Brown University
University of Rochester - Professions
- writer (for The Vieux Carre Courier)
historian - Relations
- Warren, Jane Fulford (cousin)
- Agent
- Raphael Sagalyn
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Discussions
The Great Influenza / Flu - SRH group read à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Avril 2014)
APRIL READ - The Great Influenza à The Green Dragon (Juin 2013)
Critiques
All the book's other merits and shortfalls notwithstanding, one should bear in mind, that this narrative is tremendously focused on US experience of the influenza of 1918-19. An outrageously enormous skew, for that matter. Events in Europe and the rest of the world are mentioned mostly in the passing.
This book basically predicts COVID in the afterward and how unprepared we are for a pandemic.
A riveting account of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its historical context. In the movie OUTBREAK, the heroes save the day. In this story, there were many heroes but; they were too late to save between 50 and 100 million people. "
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- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 6,236
- Popularité
- #3,932
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 175
- ISBN
- 49
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 2
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