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We are grateful to all of you for being here and for valuing the past, present and future of thoughtful reading and writing. The story that history can teach us a lot about how to live in the present and plan for the future. And perhaps no error in our history is more instructive to us right now than 1981 contagion ravage the world shuttering schools, closing businesses, and killing hundreds of thousands. Here to talk with us about what became as known as 102 years ago is the spanish flu is Kathryn Arnold who poured over years of eyewitness accounts from eyewitnesses in the early beginning at places like a military base in kansas to its number of prominent american writers like John Steinbeck and kathryn and portauprince she read english at the university of cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology shes the author of several books about the history of london and she was published by Simon Schuster in 2015 shes joining us today from the uk, welcome. Welcome thank you for being
Than 1918, when contagion ravaged the world, shuttering schools, closing businesses and killing hundreds of thousands. Here to talk with us about what became known 102 years ago as the spanish flu is Katharine Arnold who poured over eye witnesses accounts of the illness from it early beginningses at places like military nice kansas to it effect on a number of prominent american writers like john stein barbing and katherine porter. She read has she is the author of self book but the history of london and her book, the world of shake pierces london was pushed in i simon and shoe center 2015. She union us from the uk, woman, california catharine; n tell to go your ofolk tuesdayed on first person accounts, doctors, flurries, children. Why did you take such a personal view of the pandemic . I wanted to write a book that people could relate to. Spanish flu where people could read it and find characters like themselves. At times almost like a disaster movie, get people stuck on the titanic or
Here to talk with us about what we became known 102 years ago as spanish flu is Catherine Arnold who poured over eyewitness accounts of the illness from its early beginnings at places like a military base in kansas to its effects on a number of american writers like John Steinbeck. She read english at the university of cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology and is the author of several books about the history oflondon and her book globe, the world of shakespeares london published by simon and schuster in 2015 and shes joining us today from the uk. Welcome catherine. Thank you for being here with us. In telling the story of this disease you focus on firstperson accounts from doctors, nurses and children all over the world. Did you choose to take such a personal view of the pandemic . I wanted to write a book that people can relate to but theres the story about where people can read it and find characters like themselves. It was almost like a disaster movie. Weve got people o
Me it is my belief that the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. People must have faith. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you to places like toledo and then in 1931 five of the six largest banks all failed at the same time which made it the largest banking failure of the Great Depression. To successful infrastructure of the times still impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. Well talk you to st. Paul with gangsters and the corrupt police force strike a bargain. Well explore the impact of new deal programs like the Conservation Corp as we go just outside of amarillo, texas. We wouldnt have a park here if it wasnt for the Conservation Corp. And well hear from artists who tell tales. We begin our cities tour featur