October 7, 2020 — The race to find a COVID-19 vaccine recalls the forty year search for a successful polio vaccine as chronicled in the memoir, Polio and Me.

The fallacious journey began when Dr. Simon Flexner, the head of the Rockefeller Institute, made a fundamental error in his attempt to determine how human’s contract polio when he feed his lab monkeys the polio virus. His error? He had selected the wrong species of monkey for his experiment and was unable to infect any of them with the virus. Ignoring his failure, Flexner was quoted in the New York Times, March 9, 1911, edition, “We have already discovered how to prevent infantile paralysis. The achievement of a cure, I may conservatively say, is not now far distant.” 

Dr. Flexner’s prediction of a polio vaccine turned out to be four decades premature. During the 1930’s, while the dreaded worldwide polio epidemics grew like wildfire, failed vaccine attempts caused paralysis and death. Due to Flexner’s bizarre forty-year-old theory that the polio virus traveled along the olfactory nerves to the brain, in another unsuccessful attempt to stop the epidemics, thousands children and adults in the United States and Canada had their nasal passages sprayed with an alum-picric acid, or a zinc sulfate solution, with no success, with a quarter of the participants losing their sense of smell for more than six months.

Author Ken Dalton has published seven novels, and the non-fiction memoir, Polio and Me. Born in 1938, Ken grew up in Los Angeles, met the girl of his dreams, married, produced three wonderful children, and moved to Sonoma County in 1966. 

Polio and Me is available on Kindle, $9.99, and paperback at book stores, and amazon.com, $19.95. For a review copy, please contact, info@differentdrummerpress.com.

Different Drummer Press
707-791-9577
860 March Ave. Healdsburg, CA 95448
www.differentdrummerpress.com 

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Casper Potts and the Ladies’ Casserole Club is a humorous tale that proves love will find you when you least expect it.

LOS ANGELES – Sept. 6, 2020 – PRLog — Ken Dalton has released his new novel, Casper Potts and the Ladies’ Casserole Club, a humorous tale that proves love will find you when you least expect it.

The story begins when Casper Potts opens his front door to a female he does not know. Before he can say anything, he detects the bouquet of spice emanating from the dish the woman holds between her hands and he exclaims, “I don’t know what’s in that pot but it smells delicious.”

The woman responds, “It’s just my Chicken Paprikash with Dumplings. I skipped breakfast this morning so I would have time to make this for you.”

That first knock at his door became a regular event until one day, he hears a scuffle outside his front door. Casper opens his door and finds two women tussling over the marking pen attached to Casper’s scheduling board.

What happens between the first casserole and the argument to force Casper to design and build the Ladies’ Casserole Club scheduling board?

And how did the once introverted Casper Potts become the most sought-after male at The Oaks, the luxurious senior living facility located in the hills above Hollywood?

Prior to publishing Casper Potts and the Ladies’ Casserole Club, Ken Dalton has published six Pinky and Bear mystery novels, and the non-fiction work, Polio and Me. Born in 1938, Ken grew up in Los Angeles, met the girl of his dreams, married, produced three wonderful children, and moved to Sonoma County in 1966.

Casper and the Ladies’ Casserole Club is available at Kindle—$4.99, and paperback at book stores, and Amazon.com—$14.95. For a review copy, please contact, ken@kendalton.com.

Visit http://www.kendalton.com for details

Ken Dalton
707-791-9577
860 March Ave. Healdsburg, CA 95448 www.kendalton.com

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