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Book Description: Putnam Adult, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. 0399152164 An Absolutely Beautiful Book from Private Collection. This book is very clean, tight and bright. Book and Dust Jacket are in Mint Condition and show NO WEAR. This book looks New. A GREAT copy! NOT Remainder. NOT Ex-Library. FIRST EDITION. Bookseller Inventory # 007390

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Book Description: Putnam Adult, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW COPY, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark, MH270-908shipped with USPS tracking and delivery confirmation, International Orders shipped Global Priority Air Mail, Handled with care and shipped promptly in secure packaging, we ship Mon-Sat and send shipment confirmation emails . Our customer service is friendly and we comply with all Abebooks.com return policies. Bookseller Inventory # 0809280050

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Book Description: Putnam Adult, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW COPY, Perfect Shape, Not a Remainder, No Black Remainder Mark, MH217-608shipped with USPS tracking and delivery confirmation, International Orders shipped Global Priority Air Mail, Handled with care and shipped promptly in secure packaging, we ship Mon-Sat and send shipment confirmation emails . Our customer service is friendly and we comply with all Abebooks.com return policies. Bookseller Inventory # 0806220174

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Book Description: Putnam Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 070393

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Book Description: Putnam Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Fine in a Fine dustjacket B-112. Bookseller Inventory # 18083

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Book Description: GP Putnam, New Haven, CT, 2005. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Jeffrey Kluger. All who lived in the early 1950s remember the fear of polio and the elation felt when a successful vaccine was found. A remarkable portrait of America in the early 1950s, using the widespread panic over polio. Available for Shipment. (illustrator). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MMMM Title is "Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio." Now, at the fiftieth anniversary of the first national vaccination program-and as humanity is tantalizingly close to eradicating polio worldwide-comes this unforgettable chronicle. Salk's work was an unparalleled achievement-and it makes for a magnificent read. The riveting story of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century. With rivalries, reversals, and a race against time, the struggle to eradicate polio is one of the great tales of modern history. It begins with the birth of Jonas Salk, shortly before one of the worst polio epidemics in United States history. At the time, the disease was a terrifying enigma: striking from out of nowhere, it afflicted tens of thousands of children in this country each year and left them-literally overnight-paralyzed, and sometimes at death's door. Salk was in medical school just as a president crippled by the disease, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was taking office-and providing the impetus to the drive for studies on polio. By the early 1950s, Salk had already helped create an influenza vaccine, and was hot on the trail of the polio virus. He was nearly thwarted, though, by the politics of medicine and by a rival researcher eager to discredit his proposed solution. Meanwhile, in 1952, polio was spreading in record numbers, with 57,000 cases in the United States that summer alone. In early 1954, Salk was weighing the possibility of trials of a not-yet-perfected vaccine against-as the summer approached-the prospect of thousands more children being struck down by the disease. The results of the history-making trials were announced at a press conference on April 12, 1955: "The vaccine works." The room-and an entire nation-erupted in cheers for this singular medical achievement. Salk became a cultural hero and icon for a whole generation. The author, Jeffrey Kluger, is a senior writer at Time. Coauthor of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, which was the basis for the movie Apollo 13, he is also the author of Moon Hunters: NASA's Remarkable Expeditions to the Ends of the Solar System. A magnificent literary work, indeed! The seller would give this tome as a gift in a heartbeat because it is an important and well-written book for kids with fabulous illustrations. Available for Immediate Shipment!!. GIFT QUALITY HISTORY TOME. Bookseller Inventory # 007192

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Book Description: Putnam Adult, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. First Edition. New Book w/ Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Purchased from Sale Table at local book retailer. (Note: Your Satisfaction Is Guaranteed. Books purchased before 11am EST normally shipped same day.). Bookseller Inventory # br99xx0130242

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Book Description: Putnam, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: new. new * fine, clean condition *** Author: Kluger, Jeffrey *** Publisher: Putnam. Bookseller Inventory # jonesgreat-091740

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Book Description: Putnam Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Bookseller Inventory # 001518

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Book Description: Putnam Pub Group, New York, NY, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition First Printing. New Brand new first edition, first printing partial cloth hardcover and dust jacket in mint condition. Mylar cover. Bookseller Inventory # 4805

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