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Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 097810210X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 361

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Author: Paul R. Alexander
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525525336
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155

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Contrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit afflicted with unimaginable physical and psychological challenges. Paul Alexander’s life is a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped by the Polio epidemic of the early 1950’s. Survivors of the 1950’s Polio Epidemic in America are rare. Polio victims, like Paul Alexander, who require the assistance of an “Iron Lung” respirator for their life’s breath are even rarer. Paul Alexander has crafted his life against all odds and has a courageous and compelling story to share with us all. Victims of Polio, their families, friends and communities are struggling to cope with this obscure but still dangerous infectious disease. This book is a testimony to the strength of the human spirit and an affirmation of the need to continue efforts to eradicate the pestilence of Polio from the planet.

Author: Forrest Maready
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781717583673
Category : Poliomyelitis
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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A fascinating account of the world's most famous disease-polio- told as you have never heard it before. Epidemics of paralysis began to rage in the early 1900s, seemingly out of nowhere. Doctors, parents, and health officials were at a loss to explain why this formerly unheard of disease began paralyzing so many children-usually starting in their legs, sometimes moving up through their abdomen and arms. For an unfortunate few, it could paralyze the muscles that allowed them to breathe. Why did this disease start to become such a horrible problem during the late 1800s? Why did it affect children more often than adults? Why was it originally called teething paralysis by mothers and their doctors? Why were animals so often paralyzed during the early epidemics when it was later discovered most animals could not become infected? The Moth in the Iron Lung is a fascinating biography of this horrible paralytic disease, where it came from, and why it disappeared in the 1950s. If you've never explored the polio story beyond the tales of crippled children and iron lungs, this book will be sure to surprise.

Author: Martha Mason
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608193209
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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After contracting polio as a young girl Martha Mason of tiny Lattimore, North Carolina, lived a record sixty-one of her seventy-one years in an iron lung until her death in 2009, but she never let the 800-pound cylinder define her. The subject of a documentary film, an NPR feature, an ABC News piece, and a widely syndicated New York Times obituary, Martha enjoyed life, and people. From within her iron lung, she graduated first in her class in high school and at Wake Forest University, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She was determined to be a writer and, with her devoted mother taking dictation, she became a journalist-but had to give up her career when her father became ill. Still, Martha created for herself a vast and radiant world-holding dinner parties with the table pushed right up to her iron lung, voraciously reading, running her own household, and caring for her mother when she became ill with Alzheimer's and increasingly abusive to Martha. When voice-activated computers became available, Martha wrote Breath, in part as a tribute to her mother. "This book is her story," writes Anne Rivers Siddons in her preface, "told in the rich words of a born writer. That she told it is a gift to everyone who will read it. That she told it is also as near to a miracle as most are likely to encounter."

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Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 405

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Author: Doris Nelson
Publisher: DeForest Press
ISBN: 9780964992245
Category : Poliomyelitis
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

Author: Gail Thornton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781625820181
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Thornton tells this true story so well, you become that child. It is you undergoing all the pain and hurts and sadness. And it is you who moved from the scariest moment any child could experience through to the triumphant young lady who had learned the skill of looking back and realizing how far she has come!The Girl in the Iron Lung is a coming of age story, not of a young adult, of a child of five who learns really quickly, and usually the hard way, what it means to grow up and take charge of her own life. And that is what makes this book such a compelling read.

Author: Mac Randall
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0857126954
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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Traces the history of the rock group Radiohead, discussing how the group met, what their musical background is, how their music has influenced other groups, and other related topics.

Author: Delilah Moore Leach
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1617398047
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Imagine waking up at age seven to find your world completely changed. That's what happened to Delilah. She found herself imprisoned in an iron lung after contracting polio. But she refused to let that stop her. After being told she couldn't go home until she could breathe on her own, she determined that she would learn how to breathe alone again. Her determination set the course for her life. Throughout the years, Delilah struggled with the aftereffects of polio as well as severe scoliosis. These limited her physically, but the greater challenge was dealing with them emotionally. She became very independent and made sure to find success in the working world, but success in the social world was harder to find due to low self-esteem. As she grew older and formed friendships, she found that she could love herself, and so could others. Join Delilah as she shares the moving story of a life well lived overcoming the odds in Iron Heart. Her tale will touch and inspire your heart.