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It is a story of obstacles - physical, emotional, and psychic - overcome again, and again, and again. Whether riding a mule up a hillside in Iraq surrounded by mud-stained Kurdish refugees, navigating his wheelchair through intractable stretches of Middle Eastern sand, or auditioning to be the first journalist in space, John Hockenberry, ace reporter, is determined not only to bring back the story, but also to prove that nothing can hold him back from death-defying exploits. In this immensely moving chronicle - so filled with marvelous storytelling that it reads like a novel - John…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 1996Hyperion · 416 pages · 9780786881628
- Other · English · 20099781439564783
- Other · English · 1999Tandem Library · 371 pages · 9780613001175
- Other · English · 1996Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 9780606310901
- Other · English · 1995Hyperion · 371 pages · 9780786860784
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