Polio an American story
[This book] tells the ... story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. -Dust jacket.
| Main Author: | Oshinsky, David M., 1944- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
[This book] tells the ... story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. -Dust jacket. |
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| Physical Description: |
342, [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780195307146 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
Oshinsky writes about the brutality of penitentiary life in his book, Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. He earned a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and an appointment as Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin for his work on the penitentiary project. Oshinsky also received the 17th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his novel. (Bowker Author Biography) |