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PRINTED MTL

Author

Oshinsky, David M., 1944-

Title Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Copies

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS
Camden PL Body and Soul	Body and Soul 614.549 Osh	AVAILABLE
Auburn PL Wellness 2nd Fl	RC 181 .U5 O83 2005	AVAILABLE
Bailey Health & Medicine	614.5 Oshinsky	AVAILABLE
Boothbay Hbr Non Fiction	614.5 OSH	AVAILABLE
Curtis ML Adult Non Fiction	614.549 .O82 pol 2005	AVAILABLE
Eastern Maine Comm Coll Stacks	RC 181.U5 O83 2005	AVAILABLE
Eastern Maine Comm Coll Stacks	RC 181.U5 O83 2005 c.2	AVAILABLE
LewPL Nonfiction	614.54 O82p	AVAILABLE
Merrill ML Adult Nonfiction	614.549 OSH	AVAILABLE
Northeast HL Nonfiction	614.549 OSH	AVAILABLE

Physical Description	viii, 342, [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-332) and index.
Contents	The first epidemics -- Warm springs -- "Cripples' money" -- "And they shall walk" -- Poster children, marching mothers -- The apprenticeship of Jonas Salk -- Pathway to a vaccine -- The starting line -- Seeing beyond the microscope -- "Plague season" -- The rivals -- "The biggest public health experiment ever" -- The cutter fiasco -- Mission to Moscow -- Sabin Sundays -- Celebrities and survivors.
Note	Pulitzer Prize in History, 2006
Subject	Poliomyelitis -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Poliomyelitis -- history -- United States.
	Poliovirus Vaccines -- history -- United States.
	Poliomyelitis -- United States -- history -- 20th century.
	Poliomyelitis -- history -- United States.
	Poliovirus Vaccines -- history -- United States.