Random House New Releases - Social Science - Handicapped - Between June 19, 2012 and July 19, 2013.

Dear Marcus by Jerry McGill

2013-02-12T00:30:00-05:00

Dear Marcus A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me
Written by Jerry McGill

The idea to write to you was not an easy one.
The scar from where the bullet entered my back is still there.

Jerry McGill was thirteen years old, walking home through the projects of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, when he was shot in the back by a stranger. Jerry survived, wheelchair-bound for life; his assailant was never caught. Thirty years later, Jerry wants to say something to the man who shot him.

I have decided to give you a name.
I am going to call you Marcus.

With profound grace, brutal honesty, and devastating humor, Jerry McGill takes us on a dramatic and inspiring journey—from the streets of 1980s New York, where poverty and violence were part of growing up, to the challenges of living with a disability and learning to help and inspire others, to the long, difficult road to acceptance, forgiveness, and, ultimately, triumph.

I didn’t write this book for you, Marcus. I wrote this for those who endure.
Those who manage. Those who are determined to move on.

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

2012-10-02T00:30:00-05:00

A Disability History of the United States
Written by Kim E. Nielsen

The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present

Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it’s a familiar telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy.

A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell American history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it. As historian and disability scholar Nielsen argues, to understand disability history isn’t to narrowly focus on a series of individual triumphs but rather to examine mass movements and pivotal daily events through the lens of varied experiences. Throughout the book, Nielsen deftly illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American experience—from deciding who was allowed to immigrate to establishing labor laws and justifying slavery and gender discrimination. Included are absorbing—at times horrific—narratives of blinded slaves being thrown overboard and women being involuntarily sterilized, as well as triumphant accounts of disabled miners organizing strikes and disability rights activists picketing Washington.

Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation’s past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all.

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

2012-10-02T00:30:00-05:00

A Disability History of the United States
Written by Kim E. Nielsen

Random House New Releases - Social Science - Handicapped - Between June 19, 2012 and July 19, 2013.

Dear Marcus by Jerry McGill

Dear Marcus A Letter to the Man Who Shot MeWritten by Jerry McGill

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

A Disability History of the United States Written by Kim E. Nielsen

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

A Disability History of the United States Written by Kim E. Nielsen

Dear Marcus A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me
Written by Jerry McGill

A Disability History of the United States
Written by Kim E. Nielsen

A Disability History of the United States
Written by Kim E. Nielsen