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As a fourteen-year-old boy from a small Midwestern town, Charles Mee believed in God, family, and his future, which, at the very least, included girls and a long spell as a hometown football hero. But when he collapsed one night at a school dance, his dreams began to vanish. In a narrative at once funny and profound, Mee brilliantly captures the era in which polio, not communism, was every American parent's nightmare. Unraveling the mysteries of his own Cold War youth, Mee gives voice both to the child with a potentially fatal disease and to the man whose recognition of himself as a disabled outsider has served to heighten his gifts as a storyteller.
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Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 8827465-6
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Vendeur : HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! N° de réf. du vendeur S_454323317
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Vendeur : Open Books, Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Good. Light edge wear. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000818286
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0316558524I3N10
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0316558524I3N00
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0316558524I3N00
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Vendeur : Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Good. Cover/spine have general shelf wear. Pages are overall clean. Good reading copy. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0003915169
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Vendeur : Bookbot, Prague, Rébublique tchèque
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Spuren von Feuchtigkeit / Nässe. In the summer of 1953 Charles Mee was a carefree, athletic boy of fourteen. But after he collapsed during a school dance one night, he was suddenly bedridden, drifting in and out of consciousness, as his body disintegrated into a shadow of its former self. He had been stricken with spinal polio. When Mee emerged from the grip of the disease, he was confronted with a life change so enormous that it challenged all he had believed in and forced him, despite his young age, to redefine himself. His once stereotypically normal life, filled with baseball and swimming pools and dreams of girls, had been irreversibly altered. He was almost the same person he had been; he was nearly normal.Mee's moving personal narrative is a textured portrait of life in the fifties -- a time when America and her fighting spirit collided with this disease. Both funny and profound, Mee is a gifted, unique writer, who unravels the mysteries of youth in a Cold War climate, who gives voice to the mind of a child with a potentially fatal disease, and whose recognition of himself as a disabled outsider heightens his brilliant talents as a storyteller. N° de réf. du vendeur 855e0fb3-747f-4905-8301-ac3e56deafc2
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Vendeur : JB Books, Garrison, ND, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). Autobiography of the popular and accomplished writer, describing how his personal experiences with polio completely alterned his life view, attitudes, and beliefs, leading to many major life changes for him and a re-direction of his working life. Hardcover with dust jacket, 227pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 00008476
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