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Seller notes: There is handwriting, stickers or numbers inside the front cover Cover has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
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Seller notes: Octavo, hardcover, n ear fine in VG pictorial dj with 1950's prom scene in b & w. A boy from a small Midwestern town, Mee believed in God, family, and his future, which, at the very least, included girls and long spell as hometown football hero. It wasn't until he collapsed one night at a dance that those dreams vanished. Polio was every American parent's nightmare; it struck ruthlessly every summer, and the fear of it was pervasive. Aside from Communism, polio was the great enemy-a rampant, contagious epidemic. Bizarre treatments emerged, and victims were subjected to pointless, painful therapies. Polio has been a journey that brought Charles Mee to places he would never have otherwise gone-and to where he stands today. His consciousness as a man and a writer began the night he collapsed. In beautiful prose, he unravels the mysteries of his Cold War youth, voicing the mind of a child with potentially fatal disease and of a man whose recognition of himself as a disabled outsider heightens his brilliance as a storyteller.
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CA, United States
Seller notes: Gift quality. Pristine book and DJ. Crisp, clean, tight, never opened/read. Adult nonfiction. General audience.
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CA, United States
Seller notes: Gift quality. Pristine book and DJ. Crisp, clean, tight, never opened/read. Adult nonfiction. General audience.
Ships from:
CA, United States
Seller notes: There is handwriting, stickers or numbers inside the front cover Cover has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
Ships from:
CA, United States
Ships from:
CA, United States
Seller notes: Octavo, hardcover, n ear fine in VG pictorial dj with 1950's prom scene in b & w. A boy from a small Midwestern town, Mee believed in God, family, and his future, which, at the very least, included girls and long spell as hometown football hero. It wasn't until he collapsed one night at a dance that those dreams vanished. Polio was every American parent's nightmare; it struck ruthlessly every summer, and the fear of it was pervasive. Aside from Communism, polio was the great enemy-a rampant, contagious epidemic. Bizarre treatments emerged, and victims were subjected to pointless, painful therapies. Polio has been a journey that brought Charles Mee to places he would never have otherwise gone-and to where he stands today. His consciousness as a man and a writer began the night he collapsed. In beautiful prose, he unravels the mysteries of his Cold War youth, voicing the mind of a child with potentially fatal disease and of a man whose recognition of himself as a disabled outsider heightens his brilliance as a storyteller.
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CA, United States