@book{612, keywords = {Pittsburgh Pirates, Communist Party, Ralph Kiner (1922-2014), Cold War, March of Dimes, Jonas Salk (1914-95), polio}, author = {Lydia Weaver and Aileen Arrington}, title = {Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Epidemic}, abstract = {

The spreading polio epidemic panics Betsy, a fifth grader at Falk School, but her mother and other researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Salk Clinic work around the clock to create a vaccine against the disease.

}, year = {1993}, pages = {55 p.}, publisher = {Viking}, address = {New York}, language = {English}, }