MOVING VIOLATIONS

Description

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 Hockenberry finds that the most difficult journey is the one that begins at home, as he confronts the memories of his beloved one-armed grandfather, and finally meets his institutionalized Uncle Peter, whose very existence was long a secret buried in the family history.

First Sentence

There were legs below.

Excerpt

There were legs below.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Moving violations: war zones, wheelchairs, and declarations of independenceHyperion1995-01-01
• MOVING VIOLATIONSPaperbackHyperion1996-07-11
• Moving ViolationsTurtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media1996-07-01
• Moving ViolationsTandem Library1999-10-01
• Moving ViolationsLibrary Binding2009-04-09