The Unlikely Celebrity: Bill Sackter's Triumph over Disability
Walz PhD, Professor Thomas H; Morrow, Barry [Foreword]
ISBN 10: 0809322137 ISBN 13: 9780809322138
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1999
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The story of Bill Sackter, a man who spent nearly 50 years in a mental institution and emerged to blossom into an unlikely celebrity. Walz provides an account of Sackter's life, exploring how he was committed at the age of seven, later becoming Handicapped Person of the Year when in his 70s.
About the Author:
Thomas Walz is a professor of social work at the University of Iowa. His scholarly books are The Upsidedown Welfare State, Working in We/fire, Beyond Management: Humanizing the Administrative Process, and Sexual Health in Later Life (coauthored with Nancee Blurn). The founder and director of the annual National Creative Writing Seminar for Social Workers at the University of Iowa, he is a poet and the author of the novel Disaster Center.
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Title: The Unlikely Celebrity: Bill Sackter's ...
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good