Books

"Books" includes volumes written by physicians and researchers about the late effects of polio and post-polio syndrome. Biographical and autobiographical works about the polio experience dating from the 1950s to present are also included.

Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio

Presley, Gary

Stricken with polio just after his last inoculation for the virus, Gary Presley was a teenager who never walked again and spent months in an iron lung. This honest, biting and beautifully-written memoir profiles his journey--both physically and psychologically as he navigates in a world before the Americans with Disabilities Act. He survives post-polio syndrome with the love of family and wife and refuses to be stereotyped.

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I Thought You Had a Bigger Dream

Robichaux-Koontz, Penny

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We Made Peace with Polio

Robinson, Luther

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Dirt and Disease: Polio before FDR

Rogers, Naomi

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Polio Wars: Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine

Rogers, Naomi

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Friends and Partners: The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O’Connor in the History of Polio

Rose, David W.

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Brimming Over

Sandness, Grace Layton

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Polio's Legacy: An Oral History

Sass, Edmund J. with George Gottfried and Anthony Sorem

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Don't Die on My Shift

Sayers, William F.

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How to Cope Series – Practical Tips for Polio Survivors, More Practical Tips for Polio Survivors, More Practical Choices for Polio Survivors, and Others

Schoneman, LaVonne

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