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A paralyzing fear : the triumph over polio in America / Nina Gilden Seavey, Jane S. Smith, [and] Paul Wagner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seavey, Nina Gilden.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation--History.
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.
- Poliomyelitis--United States--History.
- Poliomyelitis.
- Poliomyelitis--Vaccination--History.
- Poliomyelitis vaccine--History.
- Poliomyelitis vaccine.
- History.
- Poliomyelitis--Vaccination.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : TV Books, [1998]
- Summary:
- Based on thousands of hours of research, this companion book to the PBS documentary of the same name tells the story of the polio epidemic in America. 100 photos.
- Contents:
- New York, 1916
- FDR and the transformation of polio
- Politics, Hollywood, and money
- The polio patient
- Salk, Sabin, and the search for a vaccine
- Polio survivors and post-polio syndrome.
- Notes:
- Companion volume to the film: A paralyzing fear, directed by Nina Gilden Seavey.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1575000709
- OCLC:
- 40047467
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