from Amazon review:

"Country Doctor and the Epidemics - Montana 1917 - 1918" is set in Forsyth, Montana (a frontier town in Rosebud County) during WWI. This book is a fictional novella - the story is consitent with events that happened during that time period in Montana. The US was engaged in WWI, patriotism was high, as well as paranoia and claims of sedtion. In the midst of the country being engaged in the great war, the spanish influenza epidemic swept the country and the world. We see this town through the eyes of Dr. Harvey, a physician who moves from Chicago to Forsyth after the death of his wife and baby to replace the local physician who left due to the war. This book is engaging in how it wraps the early history of Montana, the great war, and a world wide public health disaster together. I would highly recommend it.”

Steven Helgerson was born in Washington. He received degrees from the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington. His medical specialty is preventive medicine. During a forty-year career in public health he worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Indian Health Service as well as several state and local health departments. From 2006 to 2015 he served as the Montana State Medical Officer. He lives in Seattle.