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Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence

John Hockenberry

A journalist for National Public Radio and ABC News recounts the challenges he has faced as a paraplegic at home and abroad, from the dangers of war-torn Iraq and Jerusalem to discrimination at home. Reprint.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Social Science -> Society & CultureAward Category: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography -> BiographyMilitary BiographyHousing, Cities & Urban LifeTravel, Exploration & Place

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestMajor1996FinalistSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor1995FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Iraq75%
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    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Jerusalem65%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

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    The memoir argues that life as a paraplegic involves significant challenges both at home and abroad, intensifying in war-torn places through danger and discrimination.

    Model confidence 55%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.