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Polio Lib/E: An American Story

Polio Lib/E: An American Story


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Multiple New York Times Notable Book winner and University of Texas professor, David M. Oshinsky is a leading American political and cultural historian. Garnering the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History, this comprehensive and gripping narrative covers all the challenges, characters, and controversies in America's relentless struggle against polio. Funded by philanthropy and grassroots contributions, Salk's killed-virus vaccine (1954) and Sabin's live-virus vaccine (1961) began to eradicate this dreaded disease. "Narrative history doesn't get much better."-Booklist, starred review

About the Author :
Jonathan Hogan is a stage, television, and film actor. He has appeared in several episodes of Law & Order, as well as One Life to Live, As the World Turns, and Ryan's Hope. In 1985 his performance in the play As Is earned him a Tony Award nomination.

Review :

"An easily approachable yet factually rich narrative...Oshinsky provides a very readable and enlightening history that also can be appreciated as good storytelling."

-- "Science magazine"

"Dramatically captures both tensions and ethical dimensions inherent in moving from laboratory work with monkeys to human experimentation...Oshinsky amplifies the tale with data explaining why the Sabin oral vaccine became the one preeminently adopted internationally, and why the debate has continued."

-- "School Library Journal"

"Excellent...Oshinsky does a good job of recounting famous tales from the war on polio...The book also unearths some of the fascinating forgotten stories."

-- "Economist"

"Frames the conquest of polio within the cultural upheavals of the time. Polio: An American Story is a rich and illuminating analysis."

-- "New York Times Book Review"

"Readable, often exciting, filled with ambitious characters, it is science writing at its most engrossing...Oshinsky brings to compelling life the work and conflicts among these researchers and their killed-versus-live-virus approaches...An accessible and memorable account of the great American gift for, occasionally, pulling together across generations, races, and economic divisions."

-- "Newsday" "Science writing at its most engrossing. Polio: An American Story is definitive, an accessible and memorable account."-- "Chicago Tribune"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781664586543
  • Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
  • Publisher Imprint: Recorded Books, Inc.
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Sub Title: An American Story
  • ISBN-10: 1664586547
  • Publisher Date: 14 Mar 2007
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English


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