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Amped A Soldier's Race for Gold in the Shadow of War

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ISBN-10: 0470281375

ISBN-13: 9780470281376

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kortney Clemons, Bill Briggs

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The inspirational story of an Iraq vet chasing American glory in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics Kortney Clemons was a medic in Iraq before a roadside bomb took his right leg. Now armed with a high-tech prosthesis, he's fighting a new war, trying to become a sprinter on the 2008 U.S. Paralympic team bound for Beijing. Amped is the inspirational story of his quest, a story that's already earned him notice in USA Today and on CNN and made him an ABC News "Person of the Week" and one of Essence magazine's "Do Right Men." Kortney Clemons (Little Rock, MS) is a student at Penn State and in training for the 2008 Paralympic games. Bill Briggs (Denver, CO) is an award-winning journalist and…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.33" wide x 9.09" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

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