When the Lgihts Go on Again by Kit Pearson
The compelling true story of Dr. Jonas Salk's quest to develop a vaccine for polio.In 1916, the United States was hit with one of the worst polio epidemics in history. The disease was a terrifying enigma: striking out of nowhere, it afflicted tens of thousands of children and left them--literally overnight--paralyzed. Others it simply killed. At the same time, a child named Jonas Salk was born. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio shortly before assuming the Presidency, Salk was given an impetus to study this deadly illness. After assisting in the creation of an influenza vaccine, Salk took up the challenge. His progress in combating the virus was hindered by the politics of medicine and by a rival researcher determined to discredit his proposed solution. But Salk's perseverance made history--and for close to seventy years his vaccine has saved countless lives, bringing humanity close to eradicating polio throughout the world. Splendid Solution chronicles Dr. Salk's race against time to achieve an unparalleled breakthrough that made him a cultural hero and icon of modern medicine.
Kit Pearson spent many years as a librarian before publishing her debut novel, The Daring Game, in 1986. She went on to write The Sky Is Falling (1989), Looking at the Moon (1991), and The Lights Go On Again (1993), which were released as The Guests of War trilogy in 1999, as well as Awake and Dreaming (1996), which won the Governor General's Prize. Pearson lives in Victoria, near Ross Bay Cemetery, which is featured in Awake and Dreaming.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140364125 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140364129 |
| Title | When the Lgihts Go on Again |
| Author | Kit Pearson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-08-25 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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