Polio An American Story by David M. Oshinsky 2005 Oxford University Press paperback Science and Medicine books Medical history books
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This is a near fine (almost like new) paperback. 2005 Oxford University Press. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The pages are crisp and clean w no markings seen. The binding is tight and straight, NO creasing along spine. The cover is also near fine with only a hint of shelf wear. Standard trade paperback size or 6" x 9" with 342 pages including index.
Polio An American Story by David M. Oshinsky is subtitled The Crusade that Mobilized the Nation Against the 20th Century Most Feared Disease. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2006. The author tells the gripping story of the polio terror and the effort to find a cure. He gives a suspenseful portrait of the race for the life-saving vaccine drawing on newly available papers by Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and others.
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