Tough as they come a memoir

DAISY Sound Recording 2016

Army sergeant Travis Mills fought in Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division. On his third tour of duty, an IED explosion cost him both arms and both legs. He shares his fight for survival, the difficult rehabilitation he went through, and how he continues to live a full life. 2015

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Edition:

Daisy edition

Description:

1 DAISY disc (audio (9 hours, 36 minutes)) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY
audio file Daisy
4 3/4 in

Target Audience Note:

Male narrator. NLS/BPH

Notes:

Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Narrated by: Andy Pyle
Digital talking book. 1 level and 26 navigation points. Digitally mastered
Recorded from: New York : Convergent Books, 2015. 9781101904787
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
2015 Travis Mills Group, LLC

Contents:

Foreword by Gary Sinese
1: a 15-Minute Helicopter Ride from Kandahar
2: Born in a Small Town
3: Teen Feet Tall and Bulletproof
4: Gunner in a Humvee
5: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
6: Firefights with the Taliban
7: Rooftop Grenades
8: Heavy Firefights in BMG
9: Our First Home Together
10: My Last Deployment
11: April 10, 2012
12: Pain
13: The Coma
14: The Floor in Front of Me
15: To Walk, To Race
16: Our New Home
17: Never Give Up, Never Quit.
About the Travis Mills Foundation
Acknowledgments

LCCN:

2016990350

Control Number:

3175079

Other Authors:

Brotherton, Marcus, co-author
Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Pyle, Andy, 1946- narrator

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