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Polio An American Story

David M. Oshinsky

All who lived in the early 1950s remember the fear of polio and the elation felt when a successful vaccine was found. Now David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and...

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The book was mentioned as a recently read and recommended book that had won a National Book Award. The host found it fascinating.

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Actually, let me pull it up here because I recommended it recently. Polio, an American story by David M. Ashinsky, which I believe won a National Book Award. That was fascinating.

— Episode: An Empire Exhausted

Episode: An Empire Exhausted

The book was mentioned as a recently read and recommended book that had won a National Book Award. The host found it fascinating.

"

Actually, let me pull it up here because I recommended it recently. Polio, an American story by David M. Ashinsky, which I believe won a National Book Award. That was fascinating.

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