Amid COVID-19 Learn History Through Fiction: Children’s Spanish Flu Rhyme

During the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, a popular children’s jump rope rhyme went: “I had a little bird. Its name was Enza. I opened up the window. And in flew Enza.” Read more about the deadly Spanish flu pandemic a century ago in On the Shore (1917-1925), a tale of conflict between generations in a Lower East Side immigrant family (see NOVELS).

Spanish flu pandemic a century ago
Generations of immigrant family in conflict

Author: annsepstein@att.net

Ann S. Epstein is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories, memoirs, and essays.

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