Download or read book In The Shadow Of Polio written by Kathryn Black and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-04-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1954 Kathryn Black's mother became one of the millions of people worldwide stricken with polio. A year later, as the Salk vaccine became widely available, the nation heaved a collective sigh of rel"