Unlikely Celebrity Bill Sackter's Triumph over Disability

Name: Unlikely Celebrity Bill Sackter's Triumph over Disability
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ISBN: 9780809322138

ISBN-10: 0809322137

ISBN-13: 9780809322138

Edition: N/A

Authors: Thomas Walz, Barry Morrow

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Thomas Walz tells the story of Bill Sackter, a man who spent nearly half a century in a Minnesota mental institution and emerged to blossom into a most unlikely celebrity. Bill Sackter was committed to the Faribault State Hospital at the age of seven, there to remain until he was in his fifties. At the time of his commitment, Bill’s father had recently died; thus his sole contact with his family came through rare letters from his mother. Some years after his discharge from Faribault as a result of the movement to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill in the 1960s, Bill enjoyed a serendipitous encounter with a young college student and part-time musician, Barry Morrow. Bill became part of…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 2/10/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



Growing Up Scared



The Bad Times



A Change of Luck



The Good Times



The Birth of Bill's Coffeeshop



Life Is for the Birds



Every Buddy's Bill



Activities of Daily Loving



Coming of Age



Fame Finds Bill



The Man Who Would Be Santa



In the Shadow of an Oak Tree



Bill's Legacy



The Accomplishments of an Unlikely Celebrity, Bill Sackter