In 1918, cities and towns across the United States were under quarantine. The country, and most of the world, was living in fear of an invisible enemy that was rumored to destroy everything in its path. Brevig, Alaska was one such town. Brevig’s 80 citizens did not leave the town for fear of encountering the enemy, and outsiders were not allowed in the small town for fear that they may bring the enemy with them. Despite all of Brevig’s fear and efforts to quarantine the townspeople, the enemy did find its way inside the town. A cargo ship was allowed to dock on Alaska’s shores after it was mistakenly determined to be free of harm. Among the ship’s cargo was a bag of letters for the citizens of Brevig and a few other Alaskan towns. The local letter carrier picked up the bag with his dogsled team shortly after the ship docked at the port. Soon after, the carrier began his journey to deliver the letters to the nearby towns. The morning that the man began his carrier route, he was not sick, but he rapidly became ill during his journey. The disease that caused his sickness was the enemy that held the world hostage and it rapidly attacked his lungs.