The Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight against ALS

by Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge

Overview

While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it. Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body. A man whose love for others was unshakable. A man who refused to fight alone, and in so doing mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. When disease crippled Frates, the former Boston College baseball star turned tragedy into inspiration. Pete’s story is a testament to the power of love, the steadfastness of family, the generosity of strangers, and the compassion of crowds. Half of the authors’ proceeds will go to the Frates family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781512600964
Publisher:	University Press of New England
Publication date:	09/05/2017
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

CASEY SHERMAN is the New York Times–bestselling author of nine books including The Finest Hours and Boston Strong. DAVE WEDGE, coauthor of Boston Strong, was an investigative reporter at the Boston Herald for fourteen years; he now writes for VICE.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Ray Bourque • Prologue • The Batter’s Box • Warning Signs • Boston, 1975 • One in Ten Thousand • Fearless • New Heights • Birdball • The Diagnosis • Mobilizing an Army • New York, 1939 • The Stats Geek • Heroes Emerge • Together for Life • Back to the Dugout • Team Frate Train • The Ice Bucket Challenge • The Long Run • The Great Flood • Inspiration • Acknowledgments