Book by Connolly Kevin Michael
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In an attempt to capture the stares of others, a man born without legs traveled the world on his skateboard, taking thirty thousand photos of people gaping at him, an experience he relates in a witty memoir that explores how we view ourselves and what it is to truly see another person. 75,000 first printing.
From Kevin Connolly:
"I was bitten nearly in half by a shark while swimming in New Zealand. I was a victim of a Serbian mortar round in Sarajevo during the Balkan wars. I have been the victim of a dozen car accidents - head on collisions, vehicle rolls, and pedestrian injuries. I have been the purveyor of magic tricks for children - a routine often involving mirrors and a trapdoor. I have been a beggar and vagabond - panhandling across countries with varying degrees of success. I have also been a holy man - bringing moments of inspiration and light to those who chose to look for it.
I am none these things - and I am all of them. My name is Kevin Michael Connolly and I was born in Helena, Montana on August 18th, 1985. I was also born without legs.
All my life I′ve been an object of curiosity, the subject of a stare. But, while I have shouldered the stares and stories of others, the story of how I′ve managed to travel the world is uniquely my own. DOUBLE TAKE is my story, and it begins in many ways the day I was placed on prosthetic stilts at the age of eight.
In an attempt to capture the moments of intense curiosity I experience on a daily basis, I traveled to 17 countries and took over 32,728 photographs of people staring at me. In Zurich, I raced down the Limmat River against a group of twenty Vikings. In Bosnia, I scrambled to collect my groceries after being side swiped by a car. In Malaysia, I got caught in torrential rainstorms and had to skate and paddle with one hand, while keeping my camera above the rising tide with the other."
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Librería: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Garys Books, Apache Junction, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 0061791539 First edition, First printing. NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. Not Book Club. Packed in a box. Number line starting with a (1). Fine/Fine. Nº de ref. del artículo: SKU1000044
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Librería: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Type: Hardback First Printing Hardcover Book in FINE Condition with a Very Good Unclipped Dust Jacket. Clean and unmarked green and black binding with black titles, no edgewear, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Clean dust jacket has slight wear to corners. Deeply affective memoirs about a boy who was born without legs, dealing with all the ramifications of such a disability , and growing up in a culture that highly values physical perfection. He has been the object of curiosity since he was born, raised in rural Montana like any other kid. As a college student he traveled to 17 countries on skateboard. In his deeply moving memoir, he casts his lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is to truly see another person. 227 pages. 8.6 x 6 inches. HarperCollins, New York, 2009. Nº de ref. del artículo: 018862
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