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Crashing Through: A Story of Risk, Adventures, and the Man Who Dared to See.(Brief article)(Book review)

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| April 16, 2007 | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Crashing Through: A Story of Risk, Adventures, and the Man Who Dared to See ROBERT KURSON. Random, $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6335-2

Blinded in a childhood accident, Mike May never hesitated to try anything--driving a motorcycle, hiking alone in the woods, downhill skiing--until the day, when May was 46, an ophthalmologist told him a new stem-cell and cornea transplant could restore his vision. As Esquire contributing editor Kurson (Shadow Divers) relates, the decision to have the surgery wasn't easy. May, always a "pioneer in his heart," had never really felt he was missing anything in life. The surgery also had a few risks: the restoration of sight might only be …

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