Cripple: The Story of an American Journey

Cripple: The Story of an American Journey
ISBN-10
141345156X
ISBN-13
9781413451566
Category
Newspaper editors
Language
English
Published
2004-10
Publisher
Xlibris Corporation
Author
Jerry A. Range

Description

Jerry Range´s 11-year boyhood in Erie, Pa., was "Idyllic -- sled riding in winter and baseball in summer." On Aug. 15, 1955, polio ended his childhood. Encouraged by his parents, he earned two university degrees. In a wheelchair and nearly totally paralyzed, he was a copy editor at two large newspapers. A car crash gave him nine fractures, a hip surgery and the opportunity to meet "an earthly angel". He later married Mary Jean Koch, the nurse who cared for him. They had six children. Medication for depression re-paralyzed him, making him physically dependent on his wife. He had open-heart surgery. His story tells of constant striving, and unconditional love from that earthly angel.

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