The Ice Bucket Challenge

Pete Frates and the Fight against ALS

Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2017
Foreedge (Verlag)
9781512600964 (ISBN)

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The true story behind the Ice Bucket Challenge

While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it. Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body. A man whose love for others was unshakable. A man who refused to fight alone, and in so doing mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. When disease crippled Frates, the former Boston College baseball star turned tragedy into inspiration. Pete’s story is a testament to the power of love, the steadfastness of family, the generosity of strangers, and the compassion of crowds.

Casey Sherman is the New York Times–bestselling author of nine books including The Finest Hours and Boston Strong. Dave Wedge, coauthor of Boston Strong, was an investigative reporter at the Boston Herald for fourteen years; he now writes for VICE.

Foreword by Ray Bourque
Prologue
The Batter’s Box
Warning Signs
Boston, 1975
One in Ten Thousand
Fearless
New Heights
Birdball
The Diagnosis
Mobilizing an Army
New York, 1939
The Stats Geek
Heroes Emerge
Together for Life
Back to the Dugout
Team Frate Train
The Ice Bucket Challenge
The Long Run
The Great Flood
Inspiration
Acknowledgments

Erscheinungsdatum	29.11.2017
Zusatzinfo	22 illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781512600964 / 9781512600964
Zustand	Neuware