Breath : a lifetime in the rhythm of an iron lung : a memoir /: a lifetime in the rhythm of an iron lung : a memoir. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martha Mason ; foreword by Anne Rivers Siddons ; introduction by Charles Cornwell.
• Other Names: Mason, Martha, 1937-2009
• Contents: Living on the edge when you don't know tea from turnips -- My fair helper -- A thin white curtain -- My best friend -- The miracle of the unwrapping -- Rescued by Wonderful Wanda, Prozac, and a dragon -- Christmas Eve, 1945 -- Lattimore in the late forties -- A farm of my own -- Boys -- Pulling another Br'er Rabbit -- A spider's web -- The long yellow barrel -- Mrs. Lee's Pythias -- My hometown collectibles -- From the Order of the Border to the Society of Phi Beta Kappa -- You can go home again -- Mother's merry twilight -- April 15, 1998 -- The old girls try ostrich burgers.
• Publisher Details: New York London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (279 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 362.1968350092; Biography & Autobiography -- Personal Memoirs; Poliomyelitis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Journalists -- United States -- Biography; Women journalists -- United States -- Biography; Iron lung; Authors, American; Iron lung; Journalists; Poliomyelitis -- Patients; Women authors, American; Women journalists; Body, Mind & Spirit -- Inspiration & Personal Growth; Memoirs; United States; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608193202; 1608193209
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.