Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State by Brown, Curt
Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State by Brown, Curt

Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State

In 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities...
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Author: Curt Brown
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Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State by Brown, Curt

Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State

$42.93
Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State by Brown, Curt

Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State

$42.93
Author: Curt Brown
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them to persevere through untold hardship. First, as the nation immersed itself in the global conflict later known as World War I, some 118,000 Minnesotans served in the war effort, both at home and "over there"-and citizens on the home front were subjected to loyalty tests and new depths of government surveillance. While more than 1,400 Minnesotans were killed on the battlefields, an additional 2,300 soldiers were struck down by another destructive force working its way across the globe in 1918: the influenza pandemic, which left more than 10,000 dead in Minnesota alone. Then, in mid-October, fires raged across 1,500 square miles in seven counties of northeastern Minnesota, leaving thousands homeless and hundreds dead.

In Minnesota, 1918, journalist and author Curt Brown explores this monumental year through individual and community stories from all over the state, from residents of small towns up north obliterated by the fire, to government officials in metropolitan centers faced with the spread of a deadly and highly contagious disease, to soldiers returning home to all this from the "war to end all wars."

Author: Curt Brown
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 09/01/2019
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781681341477

About the Author
Brown, Curt: - Curt Brown spent more than 30 years as a reporter at Minnesota newspapers in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Fergus Falls. He writes a popular Minnesota history column every Sunday for the Minneapolis Star Tribune; the stories were collected in the e-book publication, Frozen in History: Amazing Tales from Minnesota's Past. Brown was named Minnesota Journalist of the Year in 2013 for his serial narrative on the U.S.-Dakota War. He is also the author of the book So Terrible a Storm: A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior, which chronicles a massive storm in 1905. Brown lives near Durango, Colorado, with his wife, Adele.
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