- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- First published
- 2005
- Length
- ≈ 368 pages
- Reading time
- 10–13 hours
- ISBN
- 9780195152944
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What is this book about?
David Oshinsky documents the polio epidemic in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s and the race to develop a vaccine. He describes the fear that outbreaks caused in suburban America, and the roles of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and of the foundation that collected dimes from the public to pay for research. At the centre of the story is the fierce rivalry between Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, whose teams produced two different vaccines.
Source: Polio: An American Story
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