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Baseball United States History 20th century Documentary films United States Feature films Germany Feature films Sweden Leukemia in children Patients New York (State) Olcott Biography Lymphoblastic leukemia in children Ray, Nicholas 1911- Roswell Park Cancer Institute. SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History Wendel, TimWendel, Tim
Summary: "When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot," this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research. The author’s daughter, then a medical student at Georgetown Medical School, told her father about this amazing success story. Tim Wendel soon discovered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92Wendel, Tim.
Summary: In a year shaped by national tragedy, baseball was shaped by amazing pitching--culminating in a victory by a Detroit Tigers team that faced off against Bob Gibson's St. Louis Cardinals, the 1967 World Series defending champions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 WENWenders, Wim
Summary: In 1979, Wim Wenders traveled to New York City to make a film with legendary director Nicholas Ray. As Ray lays dying of cancer, he reflects on his life and career. The resulting film tells a moving story both about friendship and a life in cinema.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2003