Tough as they come a memoir
2016
DAISY Sound Recording
Army sergeant Travis Mills fought in Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division. On his third tour of duty, an IED explosion cost him both arms and both legs. He shares his fight for survival, the difficult rehabilitation he went through, and how he continues to live a full life. 2015
Item Details
Edition: Daisy edition.
Description:
- 1 DAISY disc (audio (9 hours, 36 minutes)) : sound ; 12 cm
- 4 3/4 in.
- digital DAISY
- audio file Daisy
Target Audience Note: Male narrator. NLS/BPH
Notes:
- Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials.
- Narrated by: Andy Pyle.
- Digital talking book. 1 level and 26 navigation points. Digitally mastered.
- Recorded from: New York : Convergent Books, 2015. 9781101904787.
- System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software.
- DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.
- 2015 Travis Mills Group, LLC
Contents:
- Foreword by Gary Sinese
- 1: a 15-Minute Helicopter Ride from Kandahar
- 2: Born in a Small Town
- 3: Teen Feet Tall and Bulletproof
- 4: Gunner in a Humvee
- 5: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- 6: Firefights with the Taliban
- 7: Rooftop Grenades
- 8: Heavy Firefights in BMG
- 9: Our First Home Together
- 10: My Last Deployment
- 11: April 10, 2012
- 12: Pain
- 13: The Coma
- 14: The Floor in Front of Me
- 15: To Walk, To Race
- 16: Our New Home
- 17: Never Give Up, Never Quit.
- About the Travis Mills Foundation
- Acknowledgments.
LCCN: 2016990350
Control Number: 3175079
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2016.