Polio: An American Story

Author/Contributor(s):	Oshinsky, David M
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	04/12/2005
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and other key players, Oshinsky paints a remarkable portrait of America in the early 1950s, using the widespread panic over polio to shed light on national obsessions and fears.