The World On One Leg

By Ellery Walter

Book Overview

The World On One Leg is a memoir written by Walter Ellery, chronicling his life as a bilateral amputee and his journey to become a successful businessman and advocate for disability rights. Born without legs, Ellery faced numerous challenges throughout his life, from the difficulties of navigating a world designed for able-bodied individuals to the discrimination and prejudice he faced from others. Despite these obstacles, Ellery refused to let his disability define him and instead focused on his passions and goals. The book details Ellery's childhood and adolescence, including his experiences with prosthetics and his struggles to fit in with his peers. It also delves into his adult life, including his college years, his early career, and his eventual success as a real estate developer. Throughout the book, Ellery shares his insights on disability rights and accessibility, advocating for greater inclusion and understanding of individuals with disabilities. The World On One Leg is a powerful and inspiring memoir that offers a unique perspective on disability and the human experience. Ellery's story is one of resilience, determination, and hope, and it serves as a reminder that anything is possible with hard work and perseverance.1928. With 48 illustrations. This is not your ordinary autobiography. Walter was thrown on his own at the age of fourteen in Chicago, where the book starts. Appropriately, the first chapter is called: Milk and Murder. The story travels swiftly, cuts its way through amazing adventures. His capture by Pancho Villa's bandits; logging in British Columbia; in Alaska being what Ellery Walter calls, a night watchman where there isn't any night are some of the extraordinary events in his life. At nineteen occurs what makes this book more than the history of an active, courageous boy. The author left Seattle all but broke and with a bad infection in his foot. At this point, perhaps, begins the real spiritual growth of the boy, for in this period he loses his foot, he learns about life all over the world, he travels 45,000 miles, working his way-and earning it-on crutches. But that is not all. He has not only gone around the world on one leg. He has learned how to look at the world on one leg.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419159577
• ISBN13: 9781419159572
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"