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Turnley Walker has 15 books on Goodreads with 25 ratings. Turnley Walker’s most popular book is Rise Up and Walk.
- Rise Up and Walk by Turnley Walker | Goodreads
Told in the first person, one man relates his personal story...
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Turnley Walker is the author of Rise Up and Walk (3.83 avg...
- Rise Up and Walk by Turnley Walker | Goodreads
Told in the first person, one man relates his personal story about his 1950s experiences as a new polio patient in a New York City hospital. As father to two young children and an active businessman, he is quick to realize his world will be far different since he is now "a polio." He expresses very well the emotions he felt, the battle he faced ...
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Turnley Walker is the author of Rise Up and Walk (3.83 avg rating, 6 ratings, 3 reviews, published 1950), Roosevelt and the Warm Springs Story (5.00 avg ...
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Rise Up and Walk: With Robert Montgomery, Lloyd Bridges, Kim Hunter, Dennis Parnell. Turnley Walker, at six feet and 200 pounds, is struck with polio at age 30. This true drama is based on his book which chronicles his courage as he battles the dread disease.
- Drama
- 60
- 1952-02-04
- Robert Montgomery, Lloyd Bridges, Kim Hunter
Dec 23, 1997 · Dec. 23, 1997 12 AM PT. Turnley Walker, 84, author and award-winning book reviewer for children. He was a polio sufferer whose books “Rise Up and Walk” and “Roosevelt and the Warm Springs ...
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RISE UP AND WALK. by Turnley Walker ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 4, 1950. A very personal and almost sketchily scant account of an attack of infantile paralysis as it was experienced by the author, this follows the five months spent after the onset of the disease in a New York City hospital. The world as it seemed from the four corners of a bed; the ...