The quest to find the cure for Polio is one of the most interesting medical stories in history. How did a disease that was not a major threat compared to Influenza, cancer or heart disease capture the nations attention and spend millions if not billions in a search for a cure. The answer is miraculously in the private sector where the national foundation harnessed the resources of a nation to bring together top scientific talent. The real story lies behind two scientists, Salk and Sabin, who would race to find a cure. Salk who would win the race with his dead virus vaccine was the vaccine that would be given to most of the nation initially. The newest in vaccine technology and the original research however was being done by Sabin whose vaccine in the end would be used up through the present day. This book does a wonderful job of showing the rancor between these two men and the scientists who lined up beside them. It shows FDR's involvement in helping to launch the national foundation and the first March of Dimes which continues even into today. Highly recommend for those who want to see how one disease affected this country and how the struggle to cure it launched our modern pharmaceutical industry.