Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio by Anne Finger

Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio

Anne Finger

304 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional informative slow-paced
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During the first half of the twentieth century, epidemics of polio caused fear and panic, killing some who contracted the disease, leaving others with varying degrees of paralysis. The defeat of polio became a symbol of modern technology's ability...

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