The mythical bill : a neurological memoir / Jody McAuliffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAuliffe, Johanna Dianne.

Series:

Sightline books.

Sightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torticollis.

McAuliffe, Jody, 1954-.

McAuliffe, Jody.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Part medical mystery, part war story, and part social and family history, The Mythical Bill is the story of how one man's physical and mental pain radiates outward into the life and mind of each member of his family. Weaving together diary entries, correspondence, and scrupulous research, Jody McAuliffe examines her father's life before, during, and after WWII, seeking answers to the questions of what really happened to Bill McAuliffe and what caused his disintegration. His initial postwar diagnosis was torticollis: a condition of persistent involuntary contraction of the neck

Contents:

Contents; Chronology; Prelude; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five; Acknowledgments; Appendix: A Brief History of Surgical Approaches to Torticollis; A Short Bibliography of Works Consulted and Cited

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-60938-155-6

OCLC:

831120935