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In The Shadow Of Polio
Language: en
Pages: 342
Authors: Kathryn Black
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-04-28 - Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company

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"In 1954 Kathryn Black's mother became one of the millions of people worldwide stricken with polio. A year later, as the Salk vaccine became widely available, t
Small Steps
Language: en
Pages: 145
Authors: Peg Kehret
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-01-01 - Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

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1996 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction 1997 ALA Notable Books for Children 1997 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers 1997 Pen Center USA West Literary
Polio Across the Iron Curtain
Language: en
Pages: 267
Authors: Dóra Vargha
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Through the lens of polio, Dóra Vargha looks anew at international health, communism and Cold War politics. This title is also available as Open Access.
Thank You, Dr. Salk!
Language: en
Pages: 21
Authors: Dean Robbins
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-22 - Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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Dr. Jonas Salk finds the cure for polio in this inspiring, educational, and timely nonfiction picture book. Jonas Salk wasn't seen as a brave hero—not at firs
The Virus and the Vaccine
Language: en
Pages: 541
Authors: Debbie Bookchin
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-02 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

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Jonas Salk's polio vaccine has taken on an almost legendary quality as a medical miracle, for it largely eradicated one of the most feared diseases of the 20th