The thousand mile stare
Subtitle: one family's journey through the struggle and science of Alzheimer's
By: Gary Reiswig
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781857884661; 9781857885361
Subjects: HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; Alzheimer's & Dementia; MEDICAL; Patients; Neurology; Genetic aspects; Family relationships; Popular works; Alzheimer's disease
Description: Interweaving cutting-edge medical science with a poignant family chronicle, presents a true story of one Midwestern family's discovery that it carries a unique gene for early onset Alzheimer's.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Huntoon Crossing; Chapter One From Hesse to Huntoon; Chapter Two The Family Problem; Chapter Three Genius of the Dust; Chapter Four Confrontations; Chapter Five Moving On; Chapter Six The Pale Horse; Chapter Seven How Much Time is Enough?; Chapter Eight My Handsome Uncle and Beautiful Aunt; Chapter Nine Living the Life, Dying the Death; Chapter Ten Inside Out; Chapter Eleven The Miracle; Chapter Twelve The Unlucky Beauty; Chapter Thirteen The Man who Wanted to Know; Chapter Fourteen Chuck's Groupie.