Wheels of Courage
How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation
Out of the carnage of World War II comes an unforgettable tale about defying the odds and finding hope in the most harrowing of circumstances. Wheels of Courage tells the stirring story of the soldiers, sailors, and marines who were paralyzed on the battlefield during World War II-at the Battle of the Bulge, on the island of Okinawa, inside Japanese POW camps-only to return to a world unused to dealing with their traumatic injuries. Doctors considered paraplegics to be dead-enders and no-hopers, with the life expectancy of about a year. Societal stigma was so ingrained that playing sports was considered out-of-bounds for so-called crippled bo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5460-8462-4
- EAN: 9781546084624
- Produktnummer: 33673422
- Verlag: Center Street
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 43'119 KB
Über den Autor
David Davis has documented the culture of sports-in words, images, and sound-for nearly three decades. He was trained as a journalist, and his work has appeared in, among others, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Deadspin, and Vice. David has won numerous journalism and writing awards, and his LA Weekly story about boxer Jerry Quarry (The Thirteenth Round) was selected for The Best American Sports Writinganthology in 1996. Miscellaneous Entertainment, a production company based in Hollywood, has optioned the film rights to his book Waterman. David was born and raised in New York City, and lives in Los Angeles.
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