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It's Good to Be Alive

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THIS IS THE STORY OF ROY CAMPANELLA OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS. HE TELLS HIS LIFE STORY ABOUT BASEBALL AND THE CAR ACCIDENT THAT LEFT HIM ALMOST TOTALLY PARALYZED. HE WAS A VERY GRATEFUL AND INSPIRING INDIVIDUAL. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. HIS DESCRIPITION OF HIS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE AND ALL HE HAD TO ENDURE TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE AFTER HIS ACCIDENT IS TRUELY INSPIRING. ANYONE WHO READS THIS WILL TRULY APPRECIATE THE MIRACLE MAN ROY CAMPANELLA. VERY RECOMMENDED.

In this autobiography Roy Campanella takes you through his life as a child all the way through his debilatating car accident which left him quadripilegic. He asks the reader to please not feel sorry for him. Although at first thats hard, you later see that his life was rich with experinces and love. The book is very moving and I guarentee you will shed tears several times. You really get insight to Roy and find he is very much a lovable gentleman. The book surprising has quite a few mistakes, such as names of people (eg. instead of William Wrigley he writes Phil Wrigley. Also it's grammer isnt perfect. But this is easily forgiven. At the end of the book you feel you got to know Roy,and wished you could have met him.

Campy was one of my boyhood heroes. I was devestated when I heard of the crash that cut short a great career for this quiet man. As much as he was a star in baseball, he was more so as a human being. Still aqlive when he had no chance to live, he was an inspiration to so many. No longer possessing the great physical ability that carried him to baseball stardom, he rose to stardom as a role-model, something blatantly missing in many celebrities today.

Join Campy in the struggles as a youth of mixed parantage, as a star in the Negro Leagues, a pioneer in organized baseball, but even more so as an unsung hero to manypersons with and without physical limitations

Any devotee of the original Brooklyn Dodgers has to read this book about Roy Campanella. A legend of this caliber within the game of baseball has added to its success today. A terrific read!!!!

Campy was a one of my boyhood heroes. I was devastated when I heard of the crash that cut short a great career for this quiet man. As much as he was a star in baseball, he was more so as a human being. Still alive, when he had no chance to live, he was an inspiration to so many. No longer with great physical ability that carried him to baseball stardom, he rose to stardom as a role model, something greatly missing in many athletes today.

Join Campy in the struggles as a youth of mixed parentage, as a star in the Negro Leagues, a pioneer in organized baseball, but even more so as an unsung hero to many persons with and without physical limitations.

It's Good to Be Alive is one of the most moving and inspirational books I have read in a long, long time.

In this era of steriod athletes like Jose Canseco and Giambi, Roy Campanella stood head and shoulders above callous players like Jose.

This book is great.