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Around the World In A Wheel Chair: A Motivational Adventure For the Disabled (Paperback)

by John P. Roach (Author)
Key Phrases: Wheel Chair, San Diego, New Zealand (more...)
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This is a true story about a beautiful brave woman with a serious disability affecting her balance and mobility who became determined to not let her recently discovered disability change her goals or the course and direction of her life.

Around the World in Wheelchair is for every traveler, not just the disabled. The world wide observations combined with historical facts and never ending humor make this a valuable guidebook for any traveler.

The author pushed this wheelchair around the world changing what could have been a couch potato scenario for the two them into an unforgetable adventure of a lifetime.

About the Author
Brought up in Glen Rock, NJ and attained a Liberal Arts Education through study of the Classics, Philosophy and Political Science at St. Michael's College in Vermont. The author went on to take additional study in his fields of interest on campus at Seton Hall University, USC, Notre Dame University and Farleigh Dickinson University for Psychology, University of Vermont for Music and most recently Screenwriting at UCLA. Currently residing in San Diego, CA, the author has traveled the world and has completed many books and screenplays on such diverse subjects as classical music, psychology, history, travel, archeology, philosophy, opera, science, bigotry, politics and war.


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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: AuthorHouse (December 14, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1434341429
  • ISBN-13: 978-1434341426
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,093,139 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Around the World in a Wheelchair, July 2, 2009
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This is a true story about a beautiful brave woman with a serious disability affecting her balance and mobility who became determined to not let her recently discovered
disability change her goals or the course and direction of her life.

Around the World in Wheelchair is for every traveler, not just the disabled. The world wide observations combined with historical facts and never ending humor make this a valuable guidebook for any traveler.

The author pushed this wheelchair around the world changing what could have been a couch potato scenario for the two them into an unforgetable adventure of a lifetime.

Many exceptional photos add to this wonderful world wide adventure.
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