Nemesis

Description:

In 'the stifling heat of equatorial Newark', a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming, paralysis, life-long disability, even death.

subjects: Poliomyelitis,  Playgrounds,  Fiction,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  New jersey, fiction,  Patients,  Epidemics,  History,  Recreation leaders,  Social conditions,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2010-10-31,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  American literature,  Fictional Works

Places: New Jersey,  Newark,  Newark (N.J.)

Times: 20th century