Living with Polio: The Laughter and the Tears by Nita Lawes-Gilvear

Living with Polio: The Laughter and the Tears by Nita Lawes-Gilvear

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
Book Condition: Good
Author: Nita Lawes-Gilvear
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Self-published
Year: 1988
Format: Paperback
Pages: 140 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand.Good condition. Wear to book corners and at spine top and tail. Previous owners details are on inside page.

The autobiography of Nita Lawes-Gilvear who contracted polio during the polio epidemic of 1937-1938 that affected over 2000 adults and children in Tasmania.

The polio outbreak, in its time, was one of the biggest per capita in the world.

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