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We carry Kevan : six friends, three countries, no wheelchair / Kevan Chandler.

Chandler, Kevan, 1986- (author.).

Summary:

Kevan is just one of the guys--despite having spinal muscular atrophy. So when his friends decided to travel Europe together, they left Kevan's wheelchair at the Atlanta airport, boarded a plane, and carried him around in a backpack, allowing him to see Paris, England and Ireland from the same perspective as everyone else for the first time in his life.

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  • ISBN: 9781683973171
  • ISBN: 1683973178
  • Physical Description: xvii, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Worthy, 2019.

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Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / by Andrew Peterson -- Prologue: Flight -- Point of departure -- Laying out the fleece -- Plans and preparations -- Gathering the crew -- Gearing up -- Learning to fly -- Ready for takeoff -- Paris -- The city of light -- Band of gypsies -- Crossing the Channel -- In search of the boy who never grows up -- Into the English wild -- Turbulence -- Skellig Michael -- Ascent -- The view from here -- Reentry -- Epilogue: There and backpack again.

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Chandler, Kevan, 1986-
Chandler, Kevan, 1986- > Travel > Europe.
People with paraplegia > United States > Biography.
People with disabilities > United States > Biography.
People with disabilities > Travel > Europe.
Spinal muscular atrophy.
Male friendship > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christian men > Conduct of life.
Men's friendships.
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Biographies.
Travel writing.
Autobiographies.

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