Conor o'sullivan (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. Busuttil, Conor (illustrator).

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Busuttil, Conor (illustrator).

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Busuttil, Conor (illustrator).

Zustand: New. Busuttil, Conor (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Scarce paperback, vi + 217 pages, NOT ex-library. Faint staining along the lower edge of rear cover and last pages, and in the lower inner corner of first pages; wrinkling in the lower margin of approx. last 50 pages. Else book is clean and bright, firmly bound with uncreased spine. Unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Price blacked out on rear cover. -- Born in Slough of Clare and Kerry parents, Conor O'Sullivan was diagnosed with cancer of the spine at the age of eighteen. Misdiagnosis and medical negligence left him confined to a wheelchair and condemned to an early death. He was admitted to a hospice and told he had only months to live, but Conor refused to die. Supported by a loving family and fuelled by Irish rebel songs and stories, he drew his inspiration from the heroes of Irish history and from the Republican struggle for independence ongoing in Ireland at the time. Conor's battle with the cancer cells became synonymous in his mind with the struggle for Irish freedom, a cause he still believes in passionately. He survived both the hospice and morphine addiction to become an activist, first for Disabled Rights and later for Republicanism. The story of his journey is one of love, courage and despair, laced with Conor's black humour and his obstinacy in refusing to accept the limitations of his disability.…

Zustand: New. Print on Demand. Busuttil, Conor (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. edges rubbed. 217 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Busuttil, Conor (illustrator).