BUTTE AND THE 1918 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC

Butte was an incomparable city, but in late 1918, some of the things that made it so exceptional also made it incredibly cruel. That year, the Spanish Flu swept across the country killing some 675,000 Americans before year's end. Olberding recounts the emotional struggle of the men and women who fought against--and succumbed to--the influenza. Well illus.