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OverviewWHEELS OF COURAGE reveals the never-before-told story of the world's first wheelchair athletes: U.S. soldiers, sailors, and Marines who were paralysed on the battlefield during World War II. They organised the first-ever wheelchair basketball teams within V.A. hospitals after the war, which quickly spread across the nation and changed the perception and treatment of disabled people. The book tells this story through the lens of three of these vets, describing their time in the military, their injuries, their recovery, and their role in creating wheelchair basketball. These men changed the narrative of disability, from pity for people whose lives were over to seeing them as capable people who happened to have a disability. Their doctors changed the way the medical community looked at and treated disabled patients by treating the whole patient instead of just trying to make the patient as comfortable as possible in a hopeless situation. And laws started changing to make the world more accessible to the disabled -- things we take for granted today, like sidewalk ramps. For the disabled, for sports fans, for veterans, for history buffs -- this is a narrative of hope, perseverance, and acceptance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David DavisPublisher: Little, Brown & Company Imprint: Center Street Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9781546084648ISBN 10: 1546084649 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 24 September 2020 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsWheels of Courage belongs on every best of 2020 booklist. Not only is this a deeply human and inspiring story. Through the lives of three men who pioneered wheelchair basketball at V.A. hospitals, we see taboos crumble and a social movement in its infancy. It is also a remarkable sports story. It is a story of how the participants, spectators, and supporters of wheelchair athletics made sports for people with disabilities a part of the American sporting landscape.--Clayton Trutor, DowntheDrive.com Wheels of Courage tells another remarkable story from the Greatest Generation: the invention of wheelchair basketball. Well written and meticulously researched, David Davis sheds light on a story of courage, inspiration, and hope that is a must read for all basketball fans. --Douglas Stark, author of Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II Wheels of Courage is the best kind of nonfiction - it's packed with history, reads like a fast-paced novel and will give you a new understanding of the origins of disability culture as we know it. --Ian Ruder, Editor of New Mobility Magazine This is an important and groundbreaking story about World War II veterans and their great courage to rise above their afflictions through the path of athleticism. They awakened the public that we are complete human beings who belong in society. --Ron Kovic, author of Born on the 4th of July The most thoroughly researched and best-written book ever written on wheelchair basketball. --Armand Tip Thiboutot, co-author of Wheelchairs Can Jump! In this masterful narrative, David Davis tells a great story of courage and innovation. By uncovering this lost story of the greatest generation, Davis provides inspiration for those living today. --Paul Dickson, author of The Rise of the G.I. Army Fascinating in its detail. Moving in its humanity. And deeply connected to themes, events, and emotions well beyond the competition itself. --Bob Costas In this masterful narrative, David Davis tells a great story of courage and innovation. By uncovering this lost story of the greatest generation, Davis provides inspiration for those living today. --Paul Dickson, author of The Rise of the G.I. Army The most thoroughly researched and best-written book ever written on wheelchair basketball. --Armand Tip Thiboutot, co-author of Wheelchairs Can Jump! This is an important and groundbreaking story about World War II veterans and their great courage to rise above their afflictions through the path of athleticism. They awakened the public that we are complete human beings who belong in society. --Ron Kovic, author of Born on the 4th of July Wheels of Courage is the best kind of nonfiction - it's packed with history, reads like a fast-paced novel and will give you a new understanding of the origins of disability culture as we know it. --Ian Ruder, Editor of New Mobility Magazine Wheels of Courage tells another remarkable story from the Greatest Generation: the invention of wheelchair basketball. Well written and meticulously researched, David Davis sheds light on a story of courage, inspiration, and hope that is a must read for all basketball fans. --Douglas Stark, author of Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II Wheels of Courage belongs on every best of 2020 booklist. Not only is this a deeply human and inspiring story. Through the lives of three men who pioneered wheelchair basketball at V.A. hospitals, we see taboos crumble and a social movement in its infancy. It is also a remarkable sports story. It is a story of how the participants, spectators, and supporters of wheelchair athletics made sports for people with disabilities a part of the American sporting landscape.--Clayton Trutor, DowntheDrive.com A much-needed study of a legendary Hawaiian Olympic athlete and surf pioneer. --Journal of Sport History Waterman provides an engaging tale of a Hawaiian icon and an Olympic super star. --Sport in American History Davis is to be commended for this winning portrait of a man who 'yearned for water like it was his lover' and inspired so many, but most of all Hawaiians, to embrace competition and be proud of where they came from. --Honolulu Star-Advertiser This is the perfect book. . . . I'm ecstatic for the good people at Nebraska. I hope they sell a bazillion copies of Waterman. --Foreword Reviews A must-read. --Surfer Today A must-read. --Honolulu Magazine Praise for WATERMAN: A belated and bountiful tribute to this great Hawaiian's memory. --Wall Street Journal It's a long-lost era, but Davis brings it to life. --Sports Book Review Center This is one book about marathoners you should probably sprint to obtain. --NBCSports.com A valuable addition to the history of the Olympics and distance running. --Kirkus Reviews Davis brings the dramatic Olympic marathon of 1908 to life in this detail-rich account. . . . A must-read for Olympics fans. --Booklist Showdown is a peek into a fascinating moment in time at the Olympic Games. --The Christian Science Monitor The entire book was filled with suspense... sure to be one of the best sports books of the year. --The Huffington Post Praise for SHOWDOWN AT SHEPHERD'S BUSH: Showdown at Shepherd's Bush is pure Olympic gold, taking us back to a time when athletes really did run for the love of the sport. David Davis writes like they ran--clean, swift and right to the mark. --Wall Street Journal Author InformationDavid Davis has documented the culture of sports-in words, images, and sound-for nearly three decades. He was trained as a journalist, and his work has appeared in, among others, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Deadspin, and Vice. David has won numerous journalism and writing awards, and his LA Weekly story about boxer Jerry Quarry (""The Thirteenth Round"") was selected for The Best American Sports Writinganthology in 1996. Miscellaneous Entertainment, a production company based in Hollywood, has optioned the film rights to his book Waterman. David was born and raised in New York City, and lives in Los Angeles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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