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Author O'Brien, Mark, 1949-1999.

Title How I became a human being : a disabled man's quest for independence / Mark O'Brien with Gillian Kendall.

Publication Info. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2003]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.4 O13H    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.4 O13H2 c.2  Check Shelf
Description xiv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Wisconsin studies in autobiography
Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
Contents Preface -- Prologue -- pt. 1. Dependent -- 1. Dorchester (1949-1955) -- 2. Polio (1955-1957) -- 3. Stoughton (1957-1966) -- 4. The move (January-April 1966) -- 5. Sacramento (1966-1976) -- 6. Kaiser (September 1976) -- 7. Fairmont (September 1976-September 1978) -- pt. 2. Independent 00 8. Year one (September 1978-June 1979) -- 9. English major (June 1979-December 1980) -- 10. Fiat lux (January 1981-June 1982) -- 11. Graduate school (July 1982-June 1983) -- 12. A Berkeley life (June 1983-July 1991) -- 13. The sex surrogate (1985) -- 14. Poet and journalist (circa 1983-1995) -- 15. The blue terror (July-August 1991) -- Afterword (August 1991-May 1997).
Subject O'Brien, Mark, 1949-1999 -- Health.
People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Wisconsin.
Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation -- Biography.
Poliomyelitis -- rehabilitation -- Biography.
Added Author Kendall, Gillian.
ISBN 0299184307 cloth alkaline paper
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