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Author Dominguez, Roy, 1954-

Title Valor : the American odyssey of Roy Dominguez / Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez as told to James B. Lane ; foreword by Evan Bayh
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Valor FM; Valor ch1; Valor ch2; Valor ch3; Valor ch4; Valor ch5; Valor ch6; Valor ch7; Valor photo spread (after ch7); Valor ch8; Valor ch9; Valor ch10; Valor ch11; Valor ch12; Valor conc; Valor afterword
Summary The son of Hispanic immigrants, Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez grew up in gang-plagued Gary, Indiana. With strong family support, he managed to beat the odds, graduating with distinction from Indiana University, finishing law school after a rough start, and maturing into a successful attorney and officeholder. Yet there was more in store for Roy. Ready to start a family and embark on a career as a deputy prosecutor, he was stricken with Guillain-Barré syndrome. How he coped with and eventually overcame this debilitating affliction is a compelling part of his story. The experience steeled him to meet
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Dominguez, Roy, 1954-
Dominguez, Roy, 1954-
Guillain-Barré syndrome -- Patients -- Indiana -- Biography
Lawyers -- Indiana -- Biography
PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
Employees
Guillain-Barré syndrome -- Patients
Lawyers
Indiana -- Officials and employees -- Biography
Indiana
Genre/Form Electronic books
autobiographies (literary genre)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011047320
ISBN 0253005957
9780253005953
1280696583
9781280696589
9786613673541
6613673544