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Movement : a memoir of disability, cancer, and the Holocaust / William Roth.
- Title
- Movement : a memoir of disability, cancer, and the Holocaust / William Roth.
- Author
- Roth, William, 1942-
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RC280.T7 R68 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 192 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "As William Roth was taking his first steps, his family were caught up in the Holocaust. At age eight, he had symptoms of dystonia. At age forty-seven, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. This, his memoir, is the story of three intertwined narratives and the miraculous success that one man carved from them"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Say "ahhh," March 1988 -- Escape from Vienna, 1938-1945 -- The cancer all-stars, March 1988 -- Ashes and dreams, 1938-1945 -- Can't help glowing, March 1988 -- My life of crime, 1945-1950 -- Studying the opposition, March 1988 -- The wonder years, 1950-1955 -- The killing details, March 1988 -- A hole in the head, 1955-1960 -- Three days to burn, March 1988 -- Yale, 1960-1961 -- Cancer, present tense, March 31, 1988 -- Sophomore drill, 1961-1962 -- Slow burn, April 1988 -- Biting the Big Apple, 1963-1964 -- What, me worry? Spring 1988 -- Berkeley: the '60s -- Warrior, August 1988 -- American in Paris, 1966-1967 -- Chemical warfare, autumn 1988-spring 1990 -- First person, political, 1967-1970 -- A radical reunion, spring 1989 -- A nice guy like me, 1970-1978 -- A pain in the neck, June 1989 -- Albany, 1978-1988 -- Dancing in the street, June 1989 -- After the war, 1989-1990 -- Press pause, 1990-2000 -- Return to dystonia, 2003-2007.
- ISBN
- 9780786437832 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786437839 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008007306
- OCLC
- 202541708
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library