Wheels of courage : how paralyzed veterans from World War II invented wheelchair sports, fought for disability rights, and inspired a nation
(2020)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.323809/DAVIS,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Nashville [Tennessee] ; New York : Center Street, 2020
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781546084648, 1546084649 :, 1546084649, 9781546084648
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Based on veterans' first-hand accounts, the author shares paralyzed WWII veterans' experiences pioneering the sport of wheelchair basketball, as well as their post-war life experiences and their impact on the disability rights movement