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ISBN: 9781664478718
| Runtime: | 14.65 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“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
“Science writing at its most engrossing. Polio: An American Story is definitive, an accessible and memorable account.” —Chicago Tribune
“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
“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
“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
“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
Author
Author Bio: David M. Oshinsky
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 14.65 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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