Men Against Death followed the one-man campaign of writer Paul De Kruif against disease, hunger, and poverty. De Kruif burst on the scene with Microbe Hunters, which became a worldwide bestseller upon its publication in 1926. Other titles were Hunger Fighters, Why Keep Them Alive?, The Fight for Life, and Men Against Death. Though the latter book gave the series its name, the WPA writers selected liberally from all of De Kruif's books, which the author donated without royalty to the cause. The lives of scientific trailblazers {Lister, Pasteur, etc.} were dramatized; an introductory broadcast June 30, 1938, was followed by the first drama on July
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