Limping through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870205803 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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I could relate to some of this story as i too had polio in 1957. Georgia L. Stone This story just shows that there is something more for you in life when you are given a challenge to overcomeA a new path awaits to bring you to a calling you never expected. Mr. Apps certainly found his as is apparent in his writings.. "Five Stars" according to Lynne M. Doyle. Arrived as stated. Five Stars Good book
I can still remember that short winter day and the chilly night when I first showed symptoms. In Limping through Life he explores the ways his world changed after polio and pays tribute to those family members, teachers, and friends who helped him along the way.. In his most personal book, Jerry Apps, who contracted polio at age twelve, reveals how the disease affected him physically and emotionally, profoundly influencing his education, military service, and family life and setting him on the path to becoming a professional writer.A hardworking farm kid who loved playing softball, young Jerry Apps would have to make many adjustments and meet many challenges after that winter night he was stricken with a debilitating, sometimes fatal illness. My life would never be the same.”—from the IntroductionPolio was epidemic in the United States starting in 1916. The Sauk vaccine was not available until 1955; in that year, Wisconsin&rsqu
A respected historian, environmentalist, and author (Tamarack River Ghost, 2012), Apps’ meticulous attention to detail and deep appreciation for those who helped him persevere enliven this poignant memoir. Diagnosed with polio and saddled with a crippling limp that could limit his productive life and ability to contribute to his family’s welfare, Apps learned to cope and compensate. Frankly describing the emotional and physical challenges that were the disease’s legacy, Apps reflectively positions his subsequent academic, military, professional, and personal accomplishments within the framework of a more innocent time and place. The searing pain that gripped his right leg one November night was unlike anything he’d felt before, however, and something that would not be eased by a few unheard of days of rest or his mother’s traditional home cures. From Booklist In 1947, when he was just 12 years ol