Limping through life a farm boys polio memoir jerry apps families throughout the united states lived in fear of polio throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s and now the disease had come to our farm. Start by marking limping through life a farm boys polio memoir as want to read published april 24th 2013 by wisconsin historical society press jerold w apps born and raised on a wisconsin farm is professor emeritus at the university of wisconsin madison and the author of more than 30 books many of them on rural . Limping through life a farm boys polio memoir author apps jerry publisher madison wisconsin historical society press isbn 13 978 0870205804 date published 2013 page count 208 post polio health international 4207 lindell blvd 110 saint louis mo 63108 2930 usa. Jerry apps new book limping through life a farm boys polio memoir is a highly personal story one he repeatedly refused to write its also a chilling visit back to the time when the word polio caused nationwide panic. Limping through life a farm boys polio memoir limping through life a farm boys polio memoir by jerry apps polio was epidemic in the united states in 1916 by the 1930s quarantines and school closings were becoming common as isolation was one of the only ways to fight the disease jerry apps who contracted polio at age 12 reveals