| The Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS Contributor(s): Sherman, Casey (Author), Wedge, Dave (Author), Burns, Traber (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538458942 ISBN-13: 9781538458945 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain) |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 5.6" (0.35 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. He was 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burns, Traber: - Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others. Sherman, Casey: -Casey Sherman is considered one of America's preeminent true-crime authors and investigative journalists. His books include The Ice Bucket Challenge; The Finest Hours, coauthored with Michael J. Tougias and made into a major motion picture by Walt Disney Pictures; Animal: The Bloody Rise and Fall of the Mob's Most Feared Assassin; Search for the Strangler; and Bad Blood. He has been a finalist for the Massachusetts Book of the Year honors and the New Hampshire Literary Awards nonfiction prize. He has been a featured guest on NBC's Today and Dateline; CBS's The Early Show, 48 Hours, and the CBS Evening News; ABC World News Tonight, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Discovery, The History Channel, A&E, The Travel Channel, and The View. Wedge, Dave: -Dave Wedge is a former top investigative journalist for the Boston Herald. He has won awards for his reporting from Ground Zero, the Rhode Island nightclub fire, and the Boston Marathon bombings. A Boston College graduate, he has written for Esquire and has been a guest on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, ABC's Good Morning America, and E! True Hollywood Story. |