{"product_id":"we-all-expected-to-die-spanish-influenza-in-labrador-1918-1919-paperback-softback-9781894725545","title":"We All Expected to Die; Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781894725545","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWe All Expected to Die\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSpanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781894725545\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm, 0.555 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Anne Budgell's meticulous research...provides the essential context that allows us to interpret the statistics and understand the severe and indelible impact of the 1918 pandemic.\" - Dr. Theresa Tam, Cheif Public Health Officer of Canada \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cem\u003eWe All Expected to Die\u003c\/em\u003e...offers an important and accessible reminder of the terrible suffering endured by the people of Labrador.\" - John R. Matchim, \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWe All Expected to Die\u003c\/i\u003e has elements of the kind of dystopic end-of-time fiction that is fashionable today — but the events in Labrador a century ago involved real people. Their ghosts surround you in Hebron. Budgell's careful reconstruction of the impact of a pandemic is an impressive achievement.\" - Charlotte Gray, \u003ci\u003eCanada's History\u003c\/i\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\"[\u003cem\u003eWe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e All Expected to Die\u003c\/i\u003e] deserves a wide readership and should be on the shelves in every library in Canada, and the world for that matter.\" - Russell A. Potter, \u003ci\u003eARCTIC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of World War I, after four years of unimaginable man-made destruction, a swiftly killing virus travelled the planet. Up to one hundred million people perished in the most lethal pandemic in recorded history, the so-called \"Spanish\" influenza. More than half those who died were young adults aged between twenty and forty. Nowhere on earth was the flu more deadly than in isolated settlements on the far northeastern coast of North America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918–1919,\u003c\/em\u003e Anne Budgell reconstructs the horrific impact of the pandemic in hard-hit Labrador locations, such as the Inuit villages of Okak and Hebron where the mortality rate was 71%. Using the recollections of survivors, diaries kept at the time, Hudson's Bay Company journals, newspaper reports, and government documents, this powerful and uncompromising book tells the story of how the flu travelled to Labrador and wreaked havoc there. It examines how people dealt with the emergency, when all were sick and few were well enough to care for others, and how authorities elsewhere refused to provide assistance. The story \u003cem\u003eWe All Expected to Die\u003c\/em\u003e reveals is both devastating and haunting. It is a story of great loss, but also of human endurance, heroism, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents List of Maps viii \t\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements ix Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Labrador — Trackless, Unknown, and Wild 19 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t2. \"Our People Are Dying Out\" 46 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t3. The War and the Flu 82 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t4. The Centre of Infection 97 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t5. Sandwich Bay and Lake Melville, Autumn 1918 109 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t6. \"Let 'em Die\" 147 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t7. The North Coast, Autumn 1918 168 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t8. Hundreds Dead in Labrador, Spring 1919 210 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t9. \"In Some Mysterious Manner\" 237 \t\u003cbr\u003e \t10. Aftermath 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: \"Let 'em Die\" Again 285 \t\u003cbr\u003e \tAppendix B: The Lists of the Dead 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 306 \t\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography 357 \t\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex 365\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ISER Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637930586392,"sku":"9781894725545","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/we-all-expected-to-die-spanish-influenza-in-labrador-1918-1919-paperback-softback-9781894725545","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}