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Wheelchair warrior : gangs, disability, and basketball / [written by] Melvin Juette and [introduction and conclusion by] Ronald J. Berger.

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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....

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Main Author: Juette, Melvin, 1969- (Author)
Other Authors: Berger, Ronald J. (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Juette, Melvin, > 1969-
Wheelchair basketball > United States.
Gang members > United States > Biography.
Gangs > United States.
Wheelchair basketball players > United States > Biography.
People with disabilities > Rehabilitation > United States.
Autobiographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Beginnings. 1. Roots ; 2. In the company of peers ; 3. Gangs ; 4.The shooting
  • Part II. Transitions. 5. Road to recovery ; 6. Breaking away; 7. A motley crew
  • Part III. Resolutions. 8. Fundamentally sound ; 9. Lost and found ; 10. The best of all victories.

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