Swift, deadly, merciless, striking the young and healthy first, the “Spanish” influenza killed 3 times more people than World War I did in 1918. When Jack taught younger sister Cleo to drive, he couldn’t have imagined that she would soon be traveling into Portland’s poorest neighborhoods, trying to stop the flu’s rapid spread with pamphlets … Continue reading L is Lucier’s tale of Spanish flu and fear: A Death-Struck Year (book review)