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Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

by Dan Fagin

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction · 2014 · Winner
Bantam BooksnonfictionISBN 9780553806793

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction2014Winner

About This Book

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin.

About the Author

Dan Fagin is an American journalist and science writer, and professor of journalism at New York University, where he directs the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and worked as a science reporter at Newsday for many years. His book Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation (2013) investigated a cluster of childhood cancers in Toms River, New Jersey, tracing decades of corporate pollution and the long legal battle for accountability. Read more →

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