Longreads Club: How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America
Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, PortlandThe toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States. 4,600 words, about 30 minutes ARTICLE: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/ If you prefer to listen to the article, you can create a Text-To-Speech mp3 for free here: http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/. The TTS is a robotic voice, but many people get used to it fairly quickly. The Longreads Club is a twice-monthly program hosted by WorldOregon's Young Professionals group. Join us for Longreads Club where we discuss a long-form article focused on global topics every other week. Rather than skim the headlines, we are trying to dive deep and learn from each other to gain a better understanding of world events. No…