Crashing through : [large print] a true story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see / Robert Kurson.
Crashing through : [large print] a true story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see / Robert Kurson.
By
:
Kurson, Robert.
Publication Date
:
2007
Publication Information
:
New York : Random House Large Print,
Edition
:
1st large print ed.
Physical Description
:
466 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Blind -- United States -- Biography.
Eye -- Surgery.
Blind -- Rehabilitation.
Large type books.
Summary
:
Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May’s vision. It would allow him to drive, to read, to see his children’s faces. He began to contemplate an astonishing new world: Would music still sound the same? Would sex be different? Would he recognize himself in the mirror? Would his marriage survive? Would he still be Mike May?
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780739327227
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult Bio LP | Adult Biography Large Print | B M45K | Checked In |
Stephenville Crossing (WSX) | Adult Bio LP | Adult Biography Large Print | B M45K | Checked In |