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Limping through Life: A Farm Boy's Polio Memoir

Special | 43m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

Jerry Apps discusses his childhood bout with polio and how it changed his life.

Aired 07/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Limping through Life: A Farm Boy's Polio Memoir

Special | 43m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

Jerry Apps discusses his childhood bout with polio and how it changed his life.

Jerry Apps, Author and Professor Emeritus, UW-Madison, discusses his book, “Limping through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir” with University Place Presents host Norman Gilliland. Apps, diagnosed with polio at the age of 12, shares the emotional and physical challenges he faced and explores how he has learned not only to cope, but to succeed.

Aired 07/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

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University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Limping through Life: A Farm Boy's Polio Memoir

Special | 43m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

Jerry Apps, Author and Professor Emeritus, UW-Madison, discusses his book, “Limping through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir” with University Place Presents host Norman Gilliland. Apps, diagnosed with polio at the age of 12, shares the emotional and physical challenges he faced and explores how he has learned not only to cope, but to succeed.

Aired 07/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

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