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245 00 a| Polio, pitchforks, and perseverance :b| how a North Carolina county named Catawba built a "miracle" /c| Richard Eller and Robert T Canipe, editors ; introduction by Joyce Moyer Hostetter.;

264 1 a| Hickory, N.C. :b| Redhawk Publications,c| 2017.;

300 a| 417 pages :b| illustrations, portraits ;c| 22 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-415).;

505 0 a| Introduction: Finding compassion in my back yard / by Joyce Moyer Hostetter -- Almost there: The World War II home front in Catawba County / by Jeremy Wilson -- Polio in the time of Roosevelt / by Erin LeGrand -- Polio and its players / by Heather Deckelnick -- Polio and the black community / by Johnny Scott -- Polio and the birth and growth of the Allied Health Services / by Jason Elder -- Poliomyelitis: an overview / by Terry Messick -- Polio: a community perspective / by Jerry Goodnight -- Unlocking the environmental impacts on genetics of the Hickory polio epidemic / by Rachel Crosby -- Thematic illness in performance / by Kim Stinson -- America's "Miracle City": The 1944 Hickory, NC polio epidemic / by Richard Eller -- The March of Dimes to the courthouse / by Jeffrey D. Penley -- Left behind: Artifacts of the 1944 polio epidemic and their curation / by Executive Director, Dr. Amber Clawson.;

520 a| Polio, Pitchforks and Perseverance is a study of a ?miracle,? a look into a battle fought immediately post World War ii where a small community gathered together to fight an insidious nemesis similar those in the European and Pacific theaters. Fourteen essays from a variety of disciplines cover the 1944 battle including essays on the time period, the disease poliomyelitis, the legal ramifications, personal interviews with survivors of the battle and a history and the creation of the Polio emergency hospital--the Miracle--in Hickory by the residents of Catawba County.;

541 1 3| Laupus-a| Daniel Shingleton, donor.;

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700 1 a| Eller, Richard,d| 1960-e| editor.=| ^A609056;

700 1 a| Canipe, Robert,e| editor.=| ^A1421868;

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Polio, pitchforks, and perseverance : how a North Carolina county named Catawba built a "miracle" / Richard Eller and Robert T Canipe, editors ; introduction by Joyce Moyer Hostetter.

Other author	Eller, Richard, 1960- editor.
Other author	Canipe, Robert, editor.
Format	Book
Publication	Hickory, N.C. : Redhawk Publications, 2017.
Copyright Date	©2017
Description	417 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Subjects	Poliomyelitis--North Carolina. --Catawba County. --History. --20th century. Poliomyelitis--history. History, 20th Century. Catawba County (N.C.)--History. --20th century.

Contents	Introduction: Finding compassion in my back yard / by Joyce Moyer Hostetter -- Almost there: The World War II home front in Catawba County / by Jeremy Wilson -- Polio in the time of Roosevelt / by Erin LeGrand -- Polio and its players / by Heather Deckelnick -- Polio and the black community / by Johnny Scott -- Polio and the birth and growth of the Allied Health Services / by Jason Elder -- Poliomyelitis: an overview / by Terry Messick -- Polio: a community perspective / by Jerry Goodnight -- Unlocking the environmental impacts on genetics of the Hickory polio epidemic / by Rachel Crosby -- Thematic illness in performance / by Kim Stinson -- America's "Miracle City": The 1944 Hickory, NC polio epidemic / by Richard Eller -- The March of Dimes to the courthouse / by Jeffrey D. Penley -- Left behind: Artifacts of the 1944 polio epidemic and their curation / by Executive Director, Dr. Amber Clawson.
Abstract	Polio, Pitchforks and Perseverance is a study of a ?miracle,? a look into a battle fought immediately post World War ii where a small community gathered together to fight an insidious nemesis similar those in the European and Pacific theaters. Fourteen essays from a variety of disciplines cover the 1944 battle including essays on the time period, the disease poliomyelitis, the legal ramifications, personal interviews with survivors of the battle and a history and the creation of the Polio emergency hospital--the Miracle--in Hickory by the residents of Catawba County.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-415).
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Daniel Shingleton, donor.
ISBN	9781537303246 (paperback)
ISBN	1537303244 (paperback)

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