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Gib's Odyssey - Walter Bradley

Gib's Odyssey

A Tale Of Faith And Hope On The Intracoastal Waterway

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Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2011
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-0-7627-6416-7 (ISBN)
CHF 31,40 inkl. MwSt
Gib's Odyssey is the heart-rending story of a man who defiantly resisted the encroachments of a fatal degenerative disease. The odyssey of Gib Peters is a story of a man who left a lasting mark on his community by conquering despair and choosing a life of adventure with the precious time he had left.
Gib's Odyssey is the true story of an extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo journey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrig's disease. On an astonishing six-month voyage, Gib and his boat, Ka-Ching, encounter everything from an incompetent sailboat captain who lets his tow-rope wrap around Ka-Ching's propellers and when he dives into the water to cut it loose accidently stabs himself with his knife, to the Navy and Coast Guard Zodiacs rushing to stop him from entering a naval bombardment zone. Gib carries out epic searches for his two kittens when they go AWOL at an Atlantic City marina and when one later falls overboard. All the while, he is forced to cope with increasing levels of paralysis, steering the boat home with his feet and unable to speak. Authored by Gib's neurologist, Gib's Odyssey is told in Gib's own voice through a series of e-mails and articles he wrote for the Key West Citizen. Part travelogue, part soul-searching meditation, it is the uplifting and sometimes hilarious story of one man's conquest of death and his profound insights into life.

Walter G. Bradley, DM, FRCP, is the emeritus chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He is the author, most recently, of Treating the Brain: What the Best Doctors Know.

Verlagsort Guilford
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 425 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete
ISBN-10 0-7627-6416-3 / 0762764163
ISBN-13 978-0-7627-6416-7 / 9780762764167
Zustand Neuware
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