Here 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 beyond.

In the summer of 1953 the author was a carefree, athletic boy of fourteen.

In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This anniversary edition includes an updated and extended epilogue about the author's experiences since the original publication.

In this book, the authors tell thestory of this crippling virus that has struck down healthy children for centuries.