Wheelchair Warrior

Gangs, Disability and Basketball

Ronald J Berger author Melvin Juette author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:15th Mar '08

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Wheelchair Warrior cover

Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title re-constructs the defining moments of his life.The true story of a Chicago gang member who was shot and paralyzed and became a world-class wheelchair athlete

"A compelling and richly sociological memoir. The incisive introduction and conclusion highlight how and why Melvin’s successes are not simply of his own making. Wheelchair Warrior provides the reader with an enlightening analysis of how history and society intersect with biography in Melvin’s life."
—Kent Sandstrom, University of Northern Iowa

ISBN: 9781592134748

Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 18mm

Weight: unknown

192 pages